Secular activists’ appeal postponed – again
Three prominent activists, including the founder of the 6 April Youth Movement, must wait until 10 March to appeal their highly criticised conviction for breaking protest laws
Latest in Tag: Shoura Council Highlight
Latest in Tag: Shoura Council
Al-Nour Party proposes ‘national reconciliation commission’
Salafi party issues statement denouncing constitutional decree and roadmap, proposes alternative
Ministry of Defence sit-in unites opposition groups
Diverse opposition groups organise a protest demanding “an end to Muslim Brotherhood rule”
Further competition between Tamarod and Tagarod
Tamarod announces 15 million signatures and the success of “Tamarod Week” campaign while Tagarod collected 2 million signatures on Friday alone
Shura Council discusses budget
Discussion sessions to last for 8 days
FJP’s Fahmy elected to head Upper House
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: The Islamist-dominated Shoura Council chose its presidents and two deputies Tuesday in a procedural vote after none of the members challenged the single candidate for each position. Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) MP Ahmed Fahmy was elected president of the council in its first session. In his speech he promised to prioritize …
Experts debate future of Shoura Council
By Heather Moore CAIRO: With its first session scheduled for Tuesday, experts are divided over the future of the Shoura Council, with some expecting it to have more power and others seeing it being abolished completely. The power of the Shoura Council is currently the same as it was under the former regime. The new constitution …
Islamists dominate upper house after vote
By AFP CAIRO: Islamists seized most seats in the two-stage vote for Egypt’s upper house of parliament, the Shura Council, the electoral commission said on Saturday. The results cap landmark legislative elections that saw Islamists propelled to the center stage of Egyptian politics. A commission official said the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) …
Shoura Council speaker behind ‘battle of the camel’: probe
By AFP CAIRO: Egypt’s upper house speaker under ousted president Hosni Mubarak was the mastermind behind organized attacks by loyalists riding camels on anti-regime protesters, investigators said on Thursday. A fact-finding committee looking into the uprising’s most bizarre scene when Mubarak loyalists charged protesters on horses and camels, said Safwat El-Sherif had orchestrated the plan, …