The parliamentary Constitutional and Legislation Affairs Committee postponed on Monday discussions on the amendment of the Judicial Authority Law, in response to a request by the undersecretary of the committee, Ahmed El-Sherif. El-Sherif requested postponing the discussions after Egypt’s Supreme Judicial Council rejected a bill aiming to amend the hiring methods of presidents of judiciary authorities. The rejection of the Supreme Judicial Council is legally binding. The hiring method of authorities’ presidents is part of the Judicial Authority Law. The judiciary authorities are the Supreme Judicial Council, the State Council, the State Commissioners Authority, and the Administrative Prosecution.

Source: Daily News Egypt March 14, 2017 14:15 UTC