The Egyptian parliament passed a law on Tuesday that will phase out judicial supervision of elections by 2024, and will create the National Electoral Commission (NEC) that will be responsible for supervising elections and referendums. The NEC law gained a two-thirds majority vote in parliament for independent authority over the electoral process. “The elimination of judicial supervision puts an end to the integrity of elections in Egypt,” they said in a statement. However, the Supreme Court suspended the law in 2000 and imposed full judicial supervision of elections. It was revoked by former President Hosni Mubarak in 2010, and later in 2011, full judicial supervision was revived.

Source: Egypt Independent July 06, 2017 13:41 UTC