Osama Heikal, a leading member of the parliamentary bloc Support Egypt and chairman of the Egyptian Media Production City, told reporters Wednesday that MPs who wish to run for the leading posts in parliament’s 25 committees will be allowed to register their names next Saturday.

“The door will open next Saturday [for registry] followed by elections for the leading posts, which include one chairman, two deputies and one secretary-general for each committee,” said Heikal.

Heikal indicated that the election of the 25 parliamentary committees comes after parliament’s internal bylaws were signed into law by President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi.

On Wednesday, parliament speaker Ali Abdel-Al disclosed that he has received a request from around 300 MPs asking for official recognition for the Support Egypt coalition.

Abdel-Al said “the request will be revised by parliament’s internal bureau in accordance with Article 99 of the internal bylaws.”

The article stipulates that for a parliamentary coalition to be officially recognised, it must include no less than 25 percent of MPs, and that they come from at least 10 governorates.

Alaa Abdel-Moneim, the parliamentary spokesperson of the Support Egypt coalition, told reporters Wednesday that “the coalition was able to meet the conditions required by Article 99 of the internal bylaws.”

“The coalition is composed of 300 MPs (or around 50 percent of parliament) and [its members] come from around 15 provincial governorates,” said Abdel-Moneim.

The Support Egypt coalition, widely believed to be loyal to President El-Sisi, was founded by late MP Sameh Seif El-Yazal last November, and is now led by MP Saad El-Gammal, who was a member of former president Hosni Mubarak’s now-defunct ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) and chairman of the 2005-2010 parliament’s Arab Affairs Committee.

The official formation of Support Egypt will allow its MPs to gain control of parliament’s 25 committees, whose elections will be held next week.

Two other coalitions are expected to be formed ahead of committee elections; one led by MPs affiliated with the Free Egyptians Party and a number of independents, and another led by the liberal Wafd Party.

A parliamentary group called “the 25-30 group” – named after the two revolutions of 25 January 2011 and 30 June 2013 – also announced that they aim to form a leftist parliamentary coalition.

Egypt’s parliament is composed of 596 MPs, with around 40 percent affiliated with political parties and 60 percent independents.