C<scp>onstituting</scp> I<scp>nstitutions</scp>: T<scp>he</scp> E<scp>lectoral</scp> S<scp>ystem in</scp> E<scp>gypt</scp>

Faris, David

doi:10.1111/j.1475-4967.2012.00530.x

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“…Therefore, it would be of particular importance for Egypt to elaborate mechanisms that promote parliament's and parties' power. This could most easily be done through the introduction of proportional representation electoral systems (Faris 2012) and by guaranteeing judicial independence for the parliamentarians. Yet, for the time being, achieving either of these conditions appears unlikely in the foreseeable future.…”

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“…Publications in the area include the seminal volumes edited by Baaklini, Denoeux, and Springborg (1999) and Lust-Okar and Zerhouni (2008), the monograph on electoral politics in Egypt by Blaydes (2011), the studies carried out by El-Sawi (2000 and the articles by Langohr (2002Langohr ( , 2004. More recent research on Egypt's parliament comes from Abd Rabou (2013Rabou ( , 2014Rabou ( , 2015, Hassan (2011Hassan ( , 2013aHassan ( , 2013b, Masoud (2014), Tavana (2011) and Faris (2012).…”

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Sidelined by design: Egypt’s parliament in transition

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2017

The Journal of North African Studies

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Egypt's parliament has been broadly excluded from the country's political developments since the 2011 uprisings. The nadir of its influence was reached when the House of Representatives (lower house) was dissolved in summer 2012, followed by the Shura Council (former upper house) in summer 2013. Subsequently, no parliament existed until new elections, repeatedly postponed, were eventually conducted in fall 2015. This delay seemed to be part of the government's strategy, as it used these years without a parliament to draft an electoral law that made formation of a legislature critical of the regime highly unlikely. The repeated electoral postponements also imposed specific burdens on the revolutionary parties that struggled to compete with the former elites. This article examines the contributions of Egypt's parliament to the country's transition trajectory, discusses the relevant changes made to the constitution and electoral law, and concludes that the parliament's contribution to Egypt's development has been limited, and will most probably remain so in the future.

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