The parliament approved on Tuesday, in its general session, a draft law concerning a National Elections Commission (NEC), according to state-owned newspaper Al-Ahram. The approval followed reported conflicts between Members of Parliament (MPs) about Article 34 of the law, which stipulates the withdrawal of judicial supervision on elections in the year 2024. Egypt’s constitution of 2014 stipulates the establishment of the commission, stating that “the commission shall have a permanent executive body. The draft law builds up to an independent commission to monitor elections, which is something that Egypt needed for a long time, International Elections Adviser Osama Kamel told Daily News Egypt. “We believe that as long as the current political atmosphere is not able to prove that it [election process] does not need judicial supervision then we cannot give up judicial supervision now,” Al-Hariri added, reflecting the stance of his coalition (25-30 Coalition).

Source: Daily News Egypt July 05, 2017 20:48 UTC