Egyptian parliament considers draft local administration law that may provide opportunity for constitutional change

On April 2, the government re-submitted the local administration draft law to the House of Representatives, bringing to the forefront a debate that started with the first submission of the draft back in 2016. [ . . . ] An entire branch of the 2014 Constitution is dedicated to regulating how state administration should be divided into units including governorates, cities and villages. The Constitution tasks Parliament with passing a law within five years that outlines the requirements and processes for the appointment or election of governors and chairpeople of local administrative entities, as well as the process governing the election of local councils for each entity. The five-year period elapsed in January 2019. According to a government source speaking to Mada Masr, the bill’s revival after many years of being shelved, might open a new opportunity for justifying constitutional amendments in the coming months, on the back of an argument stating that the bill, as is, is potentially unconstitutional.
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