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