 |
| Egypt's Constituent Assembly (Image: Press TV) |
Egypt’s 50-members Constitutional Committee tasked with the drafting of
the amended Constitution is currently working on the chapter dedicated to the legislative
system of the country and proposes the retaining of the Shura Council (Upper
House of Egypt’s Parliament, currently dissolved).
It’s worth mentioning that 10-members technical committee tasked with
the propositions regarding the amendment of the Constitution recommended eliminating
Shura Council as an ineffective body which just spends a big share of state’s
budget. Many political figures and activists have supported this proposal,
though the final decision will be taken by 50-members Constitutional Committee
during the discussions of the amendments to the 2012 Constitution.
Though the representatives of the Constitutional Committee have stated that the panel of the committee tasked with the drafting of the chapters regarding the legislative system proposed to retain Shura Council and to include it in the political process.
In addition to that the panel recommended some other amendments of the
electoral system of the Lower House of Egypt’s Parliament. Though the 50% of
the parliamentary seats currently belonged to the farmers and workers are recommended
to be reduced to 25%, while other 25% should be reserved for women’s, youth’s
and minorities’ representatives.
After Egypt’s Islamist President Mohamed Morsy was ousted by the Armed
Forces decree the 2012 Constitution was suspended and the Constitutional
Declaration issued by the Interim president Adly Mansour stated the special
committee should be formed in order to amend the national charter. The
Constitution’s draft should be finalized within two months and then sent to the
national referendum, and if the citizens will vote in favor of the new version
of the Constitution the new parliamentary elections should be held after 30
days. Presidential elections should follow then.
No comments:
Post a Comment