Parliament’s speaker Ali Abdel-Aal has warned in a statement at the opening session of the Parliament held on Monday against defamation campaigns that are target the legislative body. According to the state-run newspaper Al-Ahram, the warning was aimed at some members of parliament who deliberately intend to defame its image. Abdel Aal also noted that the parliament will continue implementing the policy of tough discipline and those offenders who want to disparage parliament or violate its rules will be decisively dealt with. Other MPs including Emad Gad and Samir Ghattas have engaged in verbal disputes with Abdel Aal. Moreover, Abdel Aal addressed similar warnings to the media institutions in Egypt that are deliberately defaming the parliament, calling on them to pay respect to Egypt’s constitutional institutions.

Source: Egypt Independent October 03, 2017 15:00 UTC