Further economic and political reforms top Egypt’s to-do list
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Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouli delivered a statement to parliament on his government’s policy programme
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The pro-regime Mostaqbal Watan Party will dominate parliamentary business
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MPs said Osama Heikal shouldn't work as both the minister of information and the chairman of the Egyptian Media Production City at the same time
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Other cabinet ministers will also deliver statements on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
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This comes days after the board of directors of the Egyptian Iron and Steel Company passed, on 11 January, a resolution liquidating the company and dividing it into two new entities.
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Parliament said the implementation of the programme fell short of expectations and is full of shortcomings and negative points
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Senior officials of the pro-government party, Mostaqbal Watan, were elected as chairmen of 18 parliamentary committees on Thursday
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The resignation comes one day after the election of a speaker for the new parliament on Tuesday
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Following four procedural sittings this week parliament is expected to begin work on a host of draft laws
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Businessmen who won seats in the last election are expected to chair important parliamentary committees
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The newly-elected MPs will take the constitutional oath, elect a speaker and two deputies, amid strict anti-coronavirus measures
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'I don't have information on which cabinet ministers will stay or leave, but I got reliable information that an imminent cabinet reshuffle is expected in the coming period,' said Mostafa Bakri
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MPs will also have to elect a speaker and two deputies when the new parliament meets on Tuesday
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President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi will soon issue a presidential decree setting a date for the opening session of Egypt’s newly-elected parliament
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Parliament’s final session saw a plethora of new laws passed by MPs
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The bloc will include independents and deputies affiliated with the two political parties of El-Tagammu and the Egyptian Socialist Democratic Party
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New MPs said Egypt's human rights record is facing ferocious attacks from politicised and biased Western organisations
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The three MPs will be replaced either by holding by-elections or by "reserve candidates"
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The resolution is politicised and unbalanced, said Egypt's parliament, urging the avoidance of 'double standards'
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