Latest in Tag: parliament Highlight
Latest in Tag: parliament
FJP Candidates launch their election campaigns
Essam El-Erian and Saad El-Katatny compete for party’s presidency after Sabah Saqary withdraws
Morsy to complete his presidency after new constitution
Constituent Assembly committee keeps Morsy and Shura Council, cancels vice president position
Review: Constituent Assembly, Morsy’s promises and parliamentary elections
Columnists are counting how many promises President Morsy has fulfilled, of the many he said he would meet within his first 100 days in office. Others are considering upcoming parliamentary elections, in particular the odds of success for Salafi former presidential candidate Hazem Abu Ismail and his new party. Finally, the ongoing saga of the …
Former members of People’s Assembly meet in parliament building
Former parliamentarians demand national referendum over PA dissolution
Construction and Development to run on party list
Islamist parliamentarian says no to prospect of alliances
Review: Al-Nour’s inner conflict
Egyptian columnists have recently been inundating their readers with analyses of the root causes of internal clashes hitting the infrastructure of the salafist Al-Nour party. Some have put the blame on the party’s lack of experience in the political arena. Other writers explore the recent developments taking place in Sinai, especially in Rafah, where Christian …
Al-Nour elections continue despite party rift
High board members denounce former Chairman Abdel Ghafour
Al-Adl and Al-Dostor announce merger
Al-Adl absorbed in to Al-Dostor, El-Baradie maintains leadership
Nour Party standoff
High board relieves chairman of duties, he responds by sacking them
Non-Islamists need to get their act together
It is in the interest of Egypt to have a strong political opposition in parliament to hold the government, and the presidency, to account.
Review: op-ed pages discuss constitution, dole out criticism for Morsy
Heated debates are triggered over the Constituent Assembly, it dwindling membership and the delay in finalising the country’s most important document, the constitution. In almost all Egyptian newspapers columnists have analysed the factors affecting the Constituent Assembly in its process of drafting a constitution. On another note, some writers continued with their weekly dose of …
Dostor Party publishes manifesto, reveals economic and social policies
The manifesto outlines the party’s goals and principles
Government will not wait for an elected parliament to sign IMF loan agreement
Cabinet spokesperson: “President Morsy currently has legislative authority in the absence of the People’s Assembly and can ratify international agreements”
FJP “astonished” at court rulings on People’s Assembly
FJP expresses astonishment after one case on repeating elections postponed while another dismissed
The myth of the underdog
Could it all be just a big bubble? How big will the clout of zealous political Islam get before Egyptians begin to realise that it’s just another trick to mobilise masses and score votes? At the expense of painting with a broad brush, political Islam in Egypt might be a bubble close tobursting. The underdog …
Iraq aims to unite with new national anthem, flag
Iraq aiming to create new unifying national symbols
People’s Assembly dead and buried
Supreme Administrative Court says parliament’s lower house is “null and void”
Russia advances sweeping new spy bill
Russia’s parliament advances spy legislation targeting civil groups working with foreigners
Morsy grants powers to his second in command
Vice President Mahmoud Mekki finally has official duties since his appointment over a month ago
Elections to select new FJP president likely in October
Six or seven party figureheads are planning to run
Al-Nour conflict over elections
Chairman wants to postpone elections, high board refuses
Egyptian Conference not yet assembled
The reported merger of 25 liberal parties into one party under Amr Moussa’s leadership not complete
Just for you: National Democratic Party members re-enter political scene
NDP members will run in next election under the “Coalition of the People’s Representatives”
Two new political parties have marquee days
Al-Dostor Party officially established, Shafiq announces new party
Review: usual flak for Morsy and Constitutent Assembly, US and salafist sheikh take a dose too
In today’s column review Morsy comes in for his usual dose of criticism from the pundits, as does Salafist Sheikh Wagdy Ghoneim. In terms of domestic politics, proportional electoral lists and the draft constitution are considered, while on the international front US funding of Egypt is examined. Amr Al-Shobaki The catastrophe of the proportional …
Does the Brotherhood have the right to “Ikwanise” the state?
We face now worrying bids to change the state, not the government
Libyan parliament security breach
Libyan parliament evacuated over security breach
ElBaradei presides over Al-Dostour party
The Nobel-prize winning political idol officially heads the party he had co-founded
Jordan goes back on fuel price hikes
Proposed 10% rise in fuel prices stooped by King Abdullah II
Israelis protest rising living costs
Hundreds demonstrate in front of Netanyahu’s house, protesting economic policy and tax hikes