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title: "Memo to the Cabinet Legislative Committee"
slug: "memo-to-the-cabinet-legislative-committee"
post_type: "post"
published_at: "2011-06-14T01:00:00+01:00"
modified_at: "2011-06-14T00:00:00+01:00"
url: "https://cihrs.org/memo-to-the-cabinet-legislative-committee/?lang=en"
category:
  - "Egypt /Road Map Program"
causes_and_rights:
  - "Political Participation and Election Observation"
country:
  - "Egypt"
field:
  - "Studies and Research"
interest:
  - "Research Publications"
studies_and_research:
  - "Position Papers"
---

# Memo to the Cabinet Legislative Committee

**CIHRS expresses reservations on proposed People’s Assembly law and adopts electoral system of unconditional, closed proportional lists**

The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) submitted a memo to the Cabinet Legislative Committee summarizing its view of the proposed amendments to the People’s Assembly law (Law 38/1972).

Despite some positive aspects in the amendments, as noted in the memo, CIHRS has fundamental reservations concerning the electoral system that the amendments adopt. As an alternative, CIHRS proposes a system of closed, unconditional proportional lists.

CIHRS sent the memo to Deputy Prime Minister Yehya al-Gamal and Minister of Justice Mohammed Abd al-Aziz al-Gindi.

**Memo attached**