Egyptian parliament opens sessions on martyrs' fund amendments and financing deals

Egypt's House of Representatives convenes Monday and Tuesday to finalize amendments to the 2018 martyrs' fund law, ratify financing agreements, and schedule six public discussion requests.

• Parliament, under Speaker Hesham Badawy, opens plenary sessions Monday and Tuesday to settle six public files, led by tax exemptions under the government's amendments to the 2018 martyrs' fund law.
• The amendments exempt medical services, documents and public transport tickets from the fund's levy, and strip benefits from persons with final convictions for terrorist crimes.
• The agenda covers agreements on the third phase of the El-Gabal El-Asfar wastewater plant, a green-industry project, renewable-energy desalination grants, and French-language teaching support.
• Six discussion requests address operational village health units, national industry support, agricultural crop price increases, university admission rules, and the garbage crisis.