Wednesday, April 22, 2020

#EGYPT: Parliament Grants President New Powers To Fight Coronavirus

[world politics news]

Egypt’s parliament – the House of Representatives – voted Wednesday in favour of amending four articles of the law regulating the state of emergency (law 162/1958) to give the president greater powers to contain critical health situation such as the outbreak of the coronavirus.

To avoid crowdedness and in line with the anti-coronavirus measures, parliament speaker Ali Abdel-Aal decided that all deputies should not vote at the same time.

[FULL STORY HERE]

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