Friday, June 03, 2016

#EGYPT: Parliament Speaker Acting As A "Cheerleader" For Gov't Policies, Say MPs

[world politics news]


MPs say Parliamentary Speaker Ali Abdel-Aal is attempting to turn the House of Representatives into a cheerleader for government policies. Mohamed Anwar Al-Sadat, chairman of parliament’s Human Rights Committee and head of the Reform and Development Party, told reporters that Abdel-Aal behaves more like a government official than the speaker of Egypt’s independent legislative authority.

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