A report on the performance of Parliament for the period between July 11, 2016 to August 10, 2016. - Maat Foundation for Peace, Development and Human Rights

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A report on the parliament’s performance for the period between July 11, 2016, to August 10, 2016.

21 August, 2016

A report on the parliament’s performance for the period between July 11, 2016, to August 10, 2016

The Egyptian parliament ended the seventh month of the first session in the current legislative term by approving a different set of laws that were issued, and the committees are still discussing a number of other laws of interest to citizens, and on the other hand, the representatives continued to perform their oversight role through parliamentary mechanisms such as briefing requests, questions and urgent statements And the proposal for an interrogation, but despite the passage of seven months after the parliament convened, none of the ministers has been questioned, although there are many cases and many requests made by the deputies to the Presidency of the Council, which has not yet been decided upon.

In a different context, the differences between the Speaker and the Representatives continue to escalate as a result of the Speaker boycotting and directing the Deputies, which aroused the Parliament’s anger from the actions of the Speaker.

The period covered by the report witnessed the registration of a new record for the number of female representatives within the Council, which reached 90, after Representative Abeer Al-Khouli swore the constitutional oath for the Fayoum governorate after the seat was vacant due to the death of the Fayoum deputy.

This seventh report comes as part of a follow-up Maat for Peace, Development and Human Association Parliamentary performance by monitoring and analysis within the framework of the institution’s keenness to build a real legislative institution that can work to realize the dreams of the Egyptian people. The report covers the period from July 11, 2016 to August 10, 2016.

This report is based on an aggregate of what has been published on news websites specialized in parliamentary affairs, as well as the statements and meetings of the MPs, television and press, and their personal pages on social networking sites, as well as what is broadcast on the Egyptian Voice of the People channel.

The report focused on monitoring the legislations approved or discussed by parliament during the period it covers, and the report also monitors the oversight role of parliament on the performance of the state’s executive bodies and the relationship between parliamentarians and executive bodies. The report also displays foreign visits to the parliament and also the parliament’s reception of diplomats from other countries at the official level.

First: The legislative performance of Parliament:

The Council issued this month a set of laws, the most important of which were: -

Parliament approved Law No. 199 of 2014 amending some provisions of the Police Authority Law promulgated by Law No. 109 of 1971, in addition to the President of the Republic's decision, Law No. 130 of 2014, amending some provisions of the Police Authority Law, promulgated by Law No. 109 of 1971. The additional fee, which is collected on some of the services provided, in light of the increasing financial burdens borne by the Fund for the Improvement of Social and Health Care Services.
The Council approved the decision by Law No. 118 of 2015 amending some provisions of the application of the provisions of Chapter V of Law No. 14 of 2014 to workers in university hospitals, medical departments, and university student hospitals, and approved the decision by law of 341 deputies, 11 members rejected it, and 7 members abstained.
The Egyptian Parliament approved the report of the joint committee from the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee and the Bureau of the Council's Economic Affairs Committee regarding the draft law submitted by the government to amend some provisions of the Central Bank, Banking and Monetary System Law promulgated by Law No. 88 of 2003. The amendment included imprisonment for a period of no Less than three years and not more than ten years, and a fine of not less than one million pounds and not exceeding five million pounds, or the financial amount involved in the crime, whichever is greater, for anyone who violates the provisions of Article 111 of this Law or Article 114 and the decisions issued in implementation thereof.
The House of Representatives approved a bill amending Law No. 35 of 1967 regarding trade unions. And that is after the parliament failed more than once in adopting the bill during several sessions because of the lack of a quorum.
The House of Representatives approved the report of the Legislative and Constitutional Affairs Committee on a draft law submitted by the government to amend the State Council’s law, once and for all, after deleting the fifth article from the draft submitted by the government, which relates to imposing fees on cases that are before the State Council. The committee stated that its deletion of the article To relieve litigants and not to burden them with any additional burdens due to the economic conditions that the country is going through.
The House of Representatives approved the extension of the law on the participation of the armed forces in protecting and securing vital and public installations, for the next 5 years. The government had submitted a project to extend the law for a period of two years, but the Defense and National Security Committee considered that the current situation in the country needs a longer period, so it stood unanimously, provided that the period is 5 years.
The House of Representatives approved the new civil service law, in principle, and approved the bill in a group after completing the discussion and approval of each article separately. Parliament sent the draft law to the State Council to review it and adjust its wording while taking the opinion of the judicial bodies in the articles related to it, including the Administrative Prosecution Authority regarding Article 59. The Council re-discussed Article 38 after deliberating on it in the Manpower Committee, and approved what the committee concluded by amending the article , Which provided for the employee to be granted an incentive bonus 5% from the job wage, after it was 2.5% in the government project.
Parliament approved the President of the Republic's decision on a bill amending some provisions of Law No. 143 of 1994 regarding civil status. The amendments included amending the text of the fourth paragraph of Article 8 by increasing the maximum fee for requesting copies of records
The Plan and Budget Committee continues to convene to discuss the added tax law in the presence of the Minister of Finance and the Deputy Minister for Tax Policies, the Head of the Tax Authority and a number of the Ministry’s leaders and the Finance Minister’s advisers in discussing the articles of the draft law, as it completed the articles of issuance, and proceeded to discuss the articles of the draft law.
The Council finally approved a draft law on increasing pensions and amending some provisions of the Social Insurance Law promulgated by Law No. 79 of 1975 and the Comprehensive Social Insurance System Law promulgated by Law No. 112 of 1980 after having the majority required for that.
The Council approved, by a majority of 414 members, Presidential Decree No. (319) for the year 2016 to extend the state of emergency in some border areas in North Sinai Governorate, and the Council recommended to activate the recommendations of the General Committee to reduce the burden on the people of Sinai.

In the same context, Parliament agreed to refer a set of international agreements to the relevant committees in preparation for approval, which included:

The House of Representatives agreed to refer the agreement signed between the governments of Egypt and Germany in Cairo on March 24, 2016, regarding technical cooperation for the year 2012, to the Economic Affairs Committee and the Office of the Foreign Affairs, Plan and Budget Committee.

Parliament agreed to refer the agreement signed in Cairo on March 24, 2016 between the governments of Egypt and Germany on financial cooperation “Education Quality Support Program - Phase Two,” issued by Presidential Decree No. 293 of 2016, to a joint committee of the Education and Scientific Research Committee and the offices of the two committees Foreign Affairs, Plan and Budget.
He also agreed to refer a second loan agreement to finance the South Helwan power generation plant project and to amend the first loan agreement signed on March 18, 2012 between the government of Egypt and the Kuwaiti Fund for Arab Economic Development signed in Cairo on March 15, 2016 issued by Presidential Decree No. 294 of 2016, to a committee Joint of the Committee on Energy and Environment and the Bureau of Economic Affairs Committee.
The Council agreed to refer the simplified agreement regarding the implementation of a regional arbitration center in the Delta between the government of Egypt and the French Development Agency, which was signed in Cairo on April 17, 2016, issued by Presidential Decree No. 297 of 2016, to the Energy and Environment Committee and the Office of the Economic Affairs Committee.
The Council referred the agreement on cooperation in the field of peaceful uses of nuclear energy between the governments of Egypt and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, signed in Cairo on April 8, 2016, issued by Presidential Decree No. 298 of 2016, to a joint committee of energy and the environment and the office of the Arab Affairs Committee.
The Council also referred the Air Services Agreement signed in Athens on December 8, 2015 between the governments of Egypt and Greece, in which Presidential Decree No. 299 of 2016 was issued, to the Tourism and Civil Aviation Committee and the offices of the Plan and Budget and Defense and National Security Committees,
Parliament referred the agreement to implement a grant regarding the project of delivering natural gas to homes, signed in Cairo on April 17, 2016, between the government of Egypt and the French Development Agency, in which Presidential Decree No. 308 of 2016 was issued, to the Energy and Environment Committee and the offices of the Economic Affairs, Energy and Environment Committees.
Parliament referred Amendment Annex No. 1 to the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Egypt and the European Union regarding the Unified Support Framework 2014-2015 signed in Cairo on April 21, 2016 and issued by the Presidential Decree No. 314 of 2016, to the Economic Affairs Committee.
Parliament referred Presidential Decision No. 344 of 2014 regarding the agreement signed in Cairo between the governments of Egypt and Bahrain, to prevent double taxation and evasion, to the Legislative Committee.

Parliament also approved a set of agreements signed by Egypt, including

The House of Representatives Industry Committee approved Presidential Decision No. 229 of 2016 regarding the framework agreement between the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Small and Medium Enterprises, the Ministry of Investment, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China, and that agreement was signed in Beijing on September 2, 2015.

The Plan and Budget Committee approved an agreement to avoid double taxation and prevent tax evasion with regard to income taxes between Egypt and Saudi Arabia. The agreement aims to create a good environment for investment and avoid double taxation for the investor.
The House of Representatives approved a cooperation agreement between Egypt and Saudi Arabia regarding maritime transport, whereby the Transport and Communications Committee, in conjunction with the Defense and National Security Authority, approved a cooperation agreement in the field of maritime transport and ports between the governments of Egypt and Saudi Arabia signed in Cairo on April 8.

The House of Representatives also approved the mandate of the President of the Republic to break the session according to the text of Article 115, Paragraph (2) of the Constitution.

Second: The oversight role of Parliament

During the period covered by the report from July 11 to August 10, the House of Representatives witnessed the committees discussing a number of briefing requests, while a large number of representatives used their parliamentary tools to submit briefing requests, questions, urgent statements and interrogation requests to the government, including: -

The Council considered (112) briefing requests and (13) questions directed to each of the Prime Minister, the Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities, the Minister of Local Development, and the Minister of Planning about drinking water and sanitation problems as a result of the deterioration of networks, the failure to replace and renew the stations and the failure to build new networks in Some urban areas.
The fact-finding committee meets continuously to study wheat problems, and the fact-finding committee requested that it be met with the specifications and standards of the places in which storage is carried out, so that the legal responsibility and violations related to storage can be determined. The fact-finding committee also requested a committee from the Ministry of Supply to examine the violations and take legal action against the violators Protection of public funds.
MP Mohamed Badrawi, head of the parliamentary bloc of the Egyptian National Movement Party and the representative of the Industry Committee in the House of Representatives, submitted a request for an interrogation and withdrawal of confidence from the Prime Minister, Eng. Sherif Ismail, the Ministers of the Economic Group, the Ministers of Health, Supply and Internal Trade and the Minister of Education and demanded that the interrogation be included in the Council's agenda as soon as possible. Possible time, given the seriousness of the economic situation and its consequences.
Representative Anisa Essam Hassouna submitted a request to deliver an urgent statement addressed to the Minister of Justice regarding discrimination against women and not appointing her to the State Council, as the deputy said that in 2015 the State Council announced its need to occupy the position of Assistant Delegate in the State Council from the batch of 2014, and in January 2016 The Council announced its need to fill the same position among the 2015 graduates, and the female graduates were dealt with arbitrariness and discrimination, and the file was refused to female graduates only because they were graduates, unlike what was dealt with male graduates. And that this is a violation of the principle of equal opportunities, intentionally discriminating against women by the State Council, and contrary to explicit provisions in the 2014 Constitution, such as articles (9, 11, 14, and 53) which stipulate non-discrimination and that public jobs are a right for citizens on the basis of competence and not gender.
Attorney Alaa Wali applied for a briefing and referred the defendants to the Public Prosecution regarding the financial and administrative confusion at the Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities for undertaking the process of allocating 10 plots of land with an area of 10 acres to a Saudi female client, and the similarities of this process of duplication in selling and fraud and fraud has reached the allocation of that land for a period of 5 years. About selling at a lower price than the usual, which was about 1000 pounds per meter, while the meter was estimated at 6,200 at the time, and this means a waste of public money.
MP Mustafa Bakry, a member of the fact-finding committee formed in Parliament regarding wheat corruption, submitted an interrogation directed against the Minister of Supply Khaled Hanafi about the randomness of decisions in the ministry, mismanagement and waste of public money, demanding during the interrogation to withdraw confidence from the Minister of Supply because he issues decisions that enable the Ministry's employees to seize public money.
Mohamed Fouad, a member of Parliament for the Wafd Party, submitted a request for a briefing to Eng. Sherif Ismail, Prime Minister, on the committee for developing high school exams and confronting the phenomenon of electronic cheating, which was formed by a decision of the Prime Minister and chaired by the Minister of Education
MP Afifi Kamal submitted a request for a briefing directed to the Minister of Industry due to the stoppage of many factories, and others worked at half their capacity despite the factories possessing the components of industry.
Two representatives of the Nour Party submitted an urgent statement to the Minister of Supply for the delay in issuing the ration cards. The two representatives explained that the Ministry of Supply had contracted with the two companies "Avit" and "Smart" to extract the supply cards, but notes that the issuance of the cards is delayed for a long period of time, as well as extracting a replacement for these cards. It is delayed for several months, and sometimes up to years, and that the delay in issuing the cards leads to the citizens missing the opportunity to benefit from their ration, as well as the points difference, indicating that they submitted requests to the Minister of Supply regarding this matter for a period of more than two months and no response was made.
MP Khaled Hanafy presented an urgent statement addressed to the Prime Minister regarding some of the problems that persons with disabilities face when they deal with government agencies, such as their departure from all over the Republic to the Medical Council Administration in Nasr City to sign a medical examination on them to obtain their right to buy cars equipped for them, and he asked “Why The government tortures this group
Representative Khaled Hilali, a member of Parliament, submitted a request for information to the Minister of Transport regarding “Al-Hamoul-Riyadh” and “Riyadh-Pump” roads and the sugar-beet factory in Kafr El-Sheikh, which is called the road of death, demanding the road repair
Deputy Muhammad al-Husseini submitted a request for a briefing addressed to the Prime Minister, Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Endowments on the stolen state of state land, as MP Muhammad al-Husseini, representative of the Wafd Party, believes that state lands and properties are being looted over decades due to several people, which cost Egypt billions of pounds, including, for example, reclaimed agricultural lands Bulaq Dakrur.
Bakri demanded that the Prime Minister attend Parliament to respond to the danger of granting Egyptian nationality to foreigners, in exchange for money deposited in Egyptian banks, without taking into account the risk of granting the nationality to the national security of the country, or events of instability in some areas as a result of the possibility of expansion in these decisions. The government presented a law stating that “to facilitate foreigners with long and strong ties to Egypt, and work to create an atmosphere of confidence and stability to reassure investors of their money, and that it is an appreciation of the Egyptian state for their role in stimulating investment, visions granting them the right to request naturalization with the Egyptian nationality, in accordance with the rules issued It has a decision from the Minister of the Interior.

Third: Parliament's relationship with the executive and the provision of services

Salama Al-Gohary met with a member of Parliament and Minister of Endowments, Dr. Muhammad Mukhtar Jumaa, to discuss a number of requests for the people of Zefta Department, and to present the department's problems with regard to the endowment sector.

Ibrahim Nazeer, a member of Parliament, said that he contacted the Ministry of Housing to solve the citizens' crisis due to the low voltage of the electrical supply from the Qusiya transformer station.
Representative Adel Amer, a member of parliament, submitted a request to Reda Farhat, Governor of Qalyubia, to pave the Nile Corniche road for his district as a result of the deterioration of the main road at the entrance to the Qanater, due to the excavation work to connect the gas lines.
Rep. Mustafa Jumaa Al-Talkhawi, a member of parliament, reopened the criminal offense unit inside the Dekheila department, after several requests he submitted to the security leaders in the governorate, to facilitate the citizens.
MP Muhammad al-Husseini, a member of parliament and known in the media as the “deputy of the wheel” said that he obtained the approval of the Ministry of Communications in coordination with Major General Kamal Al-Daly, Governor of Giza, to establish a “phone boutique” center in the department’s central to serve citizens, and to complete it within the next 3 months.
Muhammad al-Shahawi, a member of the House of Representatives and a member of the Council’s Plan and Budget Committee, submitted a request to Dr. Hilali Al-Sherbiny, Minister of Education, to include the employees of the Desuq Educational Administration in the state budget, saying: “They have no other income but this job
MP Mahmoud Mohamed Zayed, Member of Parliament, submitted a request to Dr. Mukhtar Jumaa, Minister of Endowments, regarding the inclusion of the Bilal bin Rabah Mosque in the village of Mit Habib to the Ministry of Endowments, which was built with the special efforts of the people of the village of Mit Habib.
Hamad Farouk Abu Abdo obtained the approval of the Ministry of Housing to include the village of Umm Dinar, affiliated to the Qanater facility, within the sanitation projects for the year 2016.
MP Abdel Moneim Shehab, a member of Parliament, submitted a number of requests to the Director of the National Authority for Sanitation and Drinking Water in Gharbia Governorate regarding the start of implementation of sanitation projects in the villages of Tanta Center
Khaled Khalafallah, a member of Parliament for the Free Egyptians Party, organized 18 various medical convoys for the villages of Naga Hammadi Center, including 12 one-day convoys and six two-day convoys.
Ahmed Ali, a member of Parliament for the Free Egyptians Party, participated in a reconciliation session held Friday evening between two families in the district.
Representative Mona Shaker, a member of Parliament, visited the villages of Al Hasaya and Al-Tunab in the Edfu district, to find out about the citizens' problems, visited some patients, and met with the people of the village and listened to their problems, which were mainly related to sanitation and the combined interest of the predecessor of sugar cane growers.
Representative Khaled Abdel Aziz, a member of Parliament for the Free Egyptians Party, announced the availability of a number of jobs for the people of the constituency with higher and intermediate qualifications and drivers.
Representative Adel Amer, a member of the House of Representatives for the “Future of a Nation” party, confirmed that he has so far managed to provide nearly 180 job opportunities for the youth of the Qanater constituency, based on what we promised through our electoral program for the youth file in terms of employment, training and qualification.
Representative Ahmad Al-Sharif, a member of parliament for the Nur Party, organized a medical convoy in the district's Al-Galaa village, and inspected it, accompanied by the director of the medical department at the center.
Dr. Ihab Ghatati, a member of Parliament, participated in the ceremony honoring the members of the department who won medals in the Republican Karate and Wrestling Championship at the headquarters of the Pyramid Club in Kafr al-Jabal.
Muhammad Zakaria Mohieddin, a member of Parliament, confirmed that he is working to establish a service station in his district, in order to be overlooking the Dikirnis road to make it easier for the people.
Representative Ahmed Ali, a member of Parliament for the Free Egyptians Party, contacted Major General Ihab Abdel Rahman, First Assistant Minister of Interior for Civil Affairs, regarding the approval of the restoration and operation of the civil registry in the Al-Marg department.
Deputy Mohamed Zayed, a member of the House of Representatives, met with a large number of the department's residents at the headquarters, to receive a number of requests and complaints, and announced that he would submit them to the officials so that they could be decided quickly.
Representative Mahmoud Abdel Salam Al-Dabaa, a member of Parliament, submitted a request to the Governor of Qena, regarding the construction of the Salhiya Elementary School, for which a decision was issued to allocate No. 693 of 2009, which has not yet been built.
Saeed Toaima, a member of the House of Representatives, contacted Dr. Muhammad Sharshar, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health in the Western Region, regarding knowledge of the General Medical Council’s competence in the Western Region, to refer pension applicants to any of the places identified to sign the medical examination or not, and the latter's response came to confirm the competence of the Medical Council.
Ahmed Al-Sharif, a member of the House of Representatives for the Nour Party, met with a number of residents of the Al Huwais village of Al-Nahda villages in Amiriya, west of Alexandria, to inspect the citizens' needs and listen to their problems and requests.
Representative Adel Al-Sharif, a member of the House of Representatives, stated that the Ministry of Health agreed to allocate a sum of money for replacing and renewing the central facility hospital and developing it based on his request.
Representative Jamal Al-Sharif, a member of Parliament and a member of the "25-30" bloc in Parliament, submitted a set of requests for MPs affairs in Parliament, to address the Minister of Petroleum, Engineer Tariq Al-Mulla, to pressure Town Gas to deliver gas to some areas in his district.
Deputy Mohamed Ahmed Zayed, a member of Parliament, submitted a request to the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources regarding the delivery of natural gas to the village of Mahallat Ziyad, based on the request of the village residents.
The Ministry of Health and Population approved the request submitted by Representative Fawzi Al-Sharbasi, a member of the House of Representatives from the Sherbin district in Dakahlia, regarding the development of the old Sherbin General Hospital within the investment plan for the current fiscal year 2016/2107.

Fourth: Parliament's foreign relations

Ali Abdel-Aal, Speaker of the House of Representatives, at the parliament’s headquarters, in the presence of the two agents, inaugurated the first meeting of the Parliamentary Friendship Association between Egypt and Britain, which is chaired on the Egyptian side by Representative Dalia Youssef. The meeting began with a welcoming speech from the Chairman of the Council and during his speech touched on the historical relations between the two countries, he also touched on the issue of combating terrorism, and stressed the importance of lifting the British ban on flying to the Sharm el-Sheikh area, and the need to allow the restoration of tourism to it as it was before.

Mr. Al-Sharif, First Undersecretary of the Council, received Mrs. Catherine Wesley, Acting Political Counselor of the American Embassy, and Mrs. Rebecca Oates, the Political Officer at the Embassy, in the presence of Ambassador Muhammad Al-Orabi, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, and Representative Salama Al-Ruqai from North Sinai, in the framework of supporting and consolidating bilateral relations and consolidating cooperation And friendship, especially in the parliamentary field between the two sides.
Speaker of the House of Representatives, “Masahisa Sato,” received the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee of the Japanese Parliament and his accompanying delegation, in the framework of supporting and consolidating bilateral relations between the two countries and strengthening cooperation, especially in the parliamentary field.
The Deputy Secretary-General of the Council received a delegation of the Pan-African Parliament headed by the Secretary-General of Parliament and a number of the General Secretariat staff to discuss arrangements for Egypt to host the regular session of the Pan-African Parliament during the month of October.
Representatives of the House of Representatives received (87) young sons of Egyptians in France, who arrived in the company of Ambassador Nabilah Makram, Minister of Immigration and Egyptians abroad, and emphasized the role of youth as ambassadors for Egypt abroad to clarify the image of Egypt and reflect its reality, and the reality of its resistance to the wave of terrorism sweeping the world.
The representatives of the Egyptian Parliament, Mr. Sherif, Suleiman, Wahdan, and the deputies, Sahar Sedqi, Kamal Amer and Saad Al-Gammal will meet. During the meeting, the Libyan delegation requested Egypt to complete its endeavor for the Libyan parties to sit at the negotiating table for dialogue and their desire for Egypt to support Libya against the external parties that want to undermine them.
The House of Representatives received a delegation of Palestinian youth hosted by the Ministry of Youth and Sports at the invitation of Major General Saad Al-Gammal, Chairman of the Arab Affairs Committee, in the presence of the Secretary-General of the House of Representatives and the Deputy Secretary-General, Ambassador Fahmy Fayed, Secretary General of the Arab Parliament, Ambassador Abdel Moneim Saoudi, Senior Advisor to the Arab Affairs Committee, and Dr. Jihad Amer, Member of Parliament and Mrs. Mahera El-Gamal, coordinator of the Palestinian delegation, and the meeting comes within the framework of the permanent council’s keenness on continuous parliamentary communication and interaction with Arab youth and sister countries.
Deputy Secretary General of Parliament Khaled Al-Lawzi - Secretary-General of the Jordanian Senate, received at the Egyptian House of Representatives within the framework of coordination and cooperation between the Egyptian parliament and its Jordanian counterpart at all levels of parliamentary work.
Mr. Silman Wahdan, Deputy Secretary of the Council, participated in the activities of the Iranian opposition conference held in Paris. The conference was attended by (54) countries, including the United States, Britain, France, and many European and Arab countries, including Egypt, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Palestine.
Ali Abdel-Al received in his office in the House of Representatives the Foreign Minister of Cyprus and the accompanying delegation. Abdel-Al praised the growth of bilateral relations with Cyprus in various fields and the Cypriot role in support of Egypt in the framework of relations between Egypt and the European Union and stressed the importance of strengthening cooperation between the two countries in the field of energy and studying ways to maximize mutual benefit from New oil discoveries to achieve the interests of the two countries

Fifth: Council conditions

The House of Representatives organized an educational session for its members entitled Crisis Management. The session lasted for two consecutive days. A group of professors specialized in “Crisis Management” and “Creativity and Problem Solving” were present.

The reporting period witnessed the death of MP Sayed Mohamed El-Sayed Farraj, from the Fifth District, Hadayek El Kobba Police Station
Representative Abeer Muhammad Samir Hassan Ahmed, best known by Abeer Al-Khouly, took the constitutional oath before the Council as his deputy for the governor of Fayoum. It is worth noting that, with the accession of Representative Abeer Mohamed Samir to membership in the House of Representatives, the number of female MPs in Parliament becomes (90) his deputy instead of (89) his deputy, which is a record number recorded in the history of parliamentary life in Egypt.
The Council decided to refer both Representatives Elhami Ajina and Samir Ghattas for investigation, based on a request signed by a number of representatives, claiming they intended to insult the parliament and its president.
The halls of the council witnessed altercations between MP Muhammad Sadat and the Speaker of Parliament, when the deputy requested the legal basis for the military to rely on in combining pensions and civilian jobs. The Speaker of Parliament attacked the objecting MP, and emphasized the importance of the army, its respect and sanctity, and asked the members of Parliament to stand “out of respect and reverence” for the Egyptian army, dropping the curtain on the MP’s questions. What prompted a number of deputies to condemn this behavior
The council’s activities also witnessed another argument between the speaker of the parliament and some parliamentarians who objected to the draft amendment to the provisions of Law No. 36 of 1975 establishing the Health and Social Services Fund for members of the judiciary, confirming that judges are from the most income groups in society. Dr. Ali Abdel-Al revolted in defense of the amendments that were made. The deputies reject it, describing the judges as having a high status, which is the matter in which the deputies believed that the Speaker wanted to establish a state of discrimination between citizens on the basis of employment, as the Speaker of Parliament said, while he was upset, a text: “Delete these phrases from the discipline, and you must be careful in choosing your words when you talk about Holders of high standing, ”which was considered by many deputies to discriminate one group of society over the rest of the classes, which was considered by the deputies to be contrary to what was approved by the constitution in Article 53, which stipulates non-discrimination between Egyptian citizens.
Representative May Al-Batran, head of the Communications Committee of the House of Representatives, insisted on removing the parliamentary editors from the hearing session held by the committee for representatives of the telecommunications sector in Egypt on the draft value-added bill. The deputy considered that what the journalists heard was enough and they had to go out so that parliamentarians could take a rest in the debate, but the Minister of Finance objected The deputy’s response was that this was the wish of the members.
Haytham Hariri demanded the cancellation of the holidays until the end of the session of the current September 30th due to the end of the discussion of complementary laws. Hariri pointed out that although there is no penal text for Parliament if it is unable to issue laws complementing the constitution in the first session, he must abide by the constitution and be diligent in discussing these Legislation to be completed on time in advance.
Some deputies demanded to sit next to the ministers, and a crisis occurred between the deputies and each other, after MP Saeed Hassassin entered into an argument with another deputy in order to sit next to Khaled Abdel Aziz, the Minister of Youth and Sports, and some members of Parliament continued their favorite hobbies of rushing around and getting around The ministers of the government of Eng. Sherif Ismail, to end the visas for their departments.
The phenomenon of deputies ’absence from attending public sessions continued, and despite the calls of the Speaker more than once, and with the deputies’ insistence not to attend, Abdel-Al threatened to implement the list, and stressed the need for them to attend in order to implement the laws
Parliament witnessed a new crisis, namely, the deputies ’frequent use of their mobile phones during public sessions, which bothered Abdel-Aal in one of the sessions, and said at the time:“ The situation has gone over the limit in a way that is not appropriate for that room, MPs should never use mobile phones. Then Abdel-Al decided to activate the jamming inside the council room.
Parliament has also witnessed the crisis of the MPs ’ongoing side talks, about which Abdel-Aal said before that:“ There is no need for discussions during the discussion of requests for briefing, and there is no need for questions and requests for briefing and all monitoring tools as long as this relationship is between ministers and MPs, and he added, “Unfortunately, the session turned into a uniform rule. Anywhere, and people talk and greet each other, there is no need for this list at all.
Also, there is still a disagreement among the deputies about re-broadcasting the council’s sessions directly, which is the matter that the parliament presidency and the Egypt Support Coalition refuse

Sixth: final conclusions

Despite the passage of seven months since the parliament convened and the issuance of many legislations, the parliament still has not issued the legislation stipulated in the Egyptian constitution approved in the year 2014, as it specified in Chapter Six of it "General and Transitional Provisions", the laws that Parliament must complete during the session First, for example, Article (235) of it stipulates that “the House of Representatives in its first session after the implementation of this constitution shall issue a law to regulate the construction and restoration of churches in a manner that guarantees the freedom of Christians to practice their religious rites.”

Article (241) also stipulated that “The House of Representatives shall, in its first session after the entry into force of this constitution, issue a transitional justice law that guarantees the truth, accountability, proposes frameworks for national reconciliation, and compensation for victims, in accordance with international standards.” Article (242), which stipulates the preparation of an integrated law for local administration, is in addition to a number of laws that are called as complementary to the constitution and which require their speedy issuance, including the laws of the National Elections Authority and the Elections Law, which define the form of the next parliament, the law of the judicial authority and others.

Parliament still relies on receiving projects and legislations, especially economic ones, from the government and approves them. It has not yet touched upon the stage of asking the government for more legislation or initiating the presentation of those legislation that the state needs. For example, many parties and civil society institutions have submitted draft laws for local administration and the committee has not discussed There are only three projects, and they always announce that the reason for the delay in issuing the law is that the government has not submitted a law.
Despite the passage of seven months after the convening of the House of Representatives, until this moment none of the interrogations submitted by the deputies have been discussed, which is a reduction in the ceiling of the oversight role of Parliament in questioning ministers and officials. For example, the parliament did not question Tariq Amer, the governor of the Central Bank, regarding the dollar crisis, which he described as the worst in years, and about his conflicting statements about the devaluation of the Egyptian pound against the dollar and his plans and vision to confront that crisis, also there are a large number of interrogations that have been submitted Against the current Minister of Supply, of which we have placed seven interrogations regarding wheat silos, the waste of money in the ministry, the crisis of supply and livelihood cards, and there are also a large number of interrogations submitted by the deputies against the Minister of Education against the background of the leakage of the general secondary examinations in which the deputies demanded to put forward confidence in the minister, which Not discussed yet.
The current parliament also set a new record after MP Abeer Al-Khouli took the constitutional oath of office in the Fayoum governorate, succeeding her husband, who died a few months after he passed the elections, as the number of female representatives reached 90, which is the largest number in the history of previous Egyptian parliaments.

A report on the parliament’s performance for the period between July 11, 2016, to August 10, 2016