The official spokesperson for the House of Representatives Salah Hasaballa said that the long-running saga regarding Amr al-Shobky’s position as an MP will be settled in the current session. Hasaballah told reporters at a Sunday press conference that the parliament’s Legislative and Constitutional Affairs Committee formed another committee in order to prepare a report on the Court of Cassation’s two-part verdict, to enable parliament to settle the matter. Shobky, meanwhile, said that he is waiting for the implementation of the Court of Cassation’s verdict, and brought up the fact that no party has the right to discuss or challenge the authority of the court’s final ruling. He called the procrastination against implementing the court’s ruling a violation of the law and constitution. House Speaker Ali Abdelaal met Shobky’s lawyer, Essam al-Islambouly, in December 2016, and assured him that the ruling will be implemented in January 2017.

Source: Egypt Independent January 22, 2018 09:56 UTC