Rana Mamdouh

Constitutional Amendment Federalism/ Devolution/ Decentralization Egypt West Asia/North Africa By Rana Mamdouh, 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.

Mostafa Madbuly, the not-so-new prime minister, has promised he will usher in unprecedented debt reduction measures, and has been tasked with overseeing a new Information Ministry that should reach “every single level of society.” His time in office, the longest by any prime minister in decades, has seen Egypt’s administration transgress a series of historical economic red lines, including the floating of the Egyptian pound and the liberalization of fuel prices.

The Judges Club has backed down from holding an extraordinary general assembly to discuss what it described in an internal statement as a “grave matter” affecting judicial affairs and the independence of the judiciary.