Egypt’s parliament is set to discuss a draft law in the coming weeks aimed at dismissing individuals suspected of supporting or sympathising with the Muslim Brotherhood opposition group, a member of parliament has revealed.

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi ratified the new amendments to Egypt’s Penal Code on toughening penalties against medics who female genital mutilation (FGM).

Egypt’s House of Representatives approved in its plenary session on Tuesday to impose a state of emergency for three months.

Legislators and their families are getting vaccinated and are being allowed to choose between the AstraZeneca and Sinopharm vaccines despite the Health Ministry’s repeated statements that people will have no say in which shots they receive.

Member of Parliament for the Coordination of Youth Parties and Politicians Amira al Adly issued a statement, Monday to Speaker Hanfy al Gibaly against Minster of Transportation after Toukh train accident.

Fifteen members of Egypt’s House of Representatives have tested positive for Covid-19, local media have reported. Upon hearing the news, Mostafa Bakri MP called for the current parliamentary session to be suspended.

The constitutional and legislative affairs committee at Egypt’s House of Representatives approved, on Wednesday, the amendment to the Egyptian Penal Code which toughens the penalties on female genital mutilation (FGM).

Egyptian lawmakers have sought to expedite legislative measures to criminalize child marriage and tighten penalties to deter violators.

Egypt’s Senate (the Upper House of the Parliament), chaired by Speaker Counselor Abdel, has finally approved a bill amending some provisions of the Penal Code No. 58 of 1937 regarding toughening the penalty for female genital mutilation (FGM).

An Egyptian woman is a legally incapacitated person who has no right to travel outside the country or manage her own children’s basic affairs without a man’s prior consent, according to a new personal status draft law that recently caused uproar across Egypt.