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Egypt's cabinet withdraws 5 bills from parliament as speaker refers 2025–2026 final accounts to committees
November 2, 2026 at 11:04 AM
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Egypt's government has pulled five draft laws from the House of Representatives while the speaker routed budget-accounts, education, and Al-Azhar bills to committees.
- Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said the cabinet withdrew five bills: insurance-exemption, land-tax, two private-university amendments, and one creating the Egypt Digital Fund.
- Speaker Hisham Badawi referred a 2025–2026 state budget final-account bill and 63 economic public authorities' final-account bills to the budget committee.
- Badawi referred a government bill amending the 1981 education law to a joint committee of education, manpower, and legislation committees.
- He also referred a government bill amending the 1961 law reorganizing Al-Azhar to a joint committee of religious affairs and education.

