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Egyptian parliament postpones criminal procedures law for a year amid conflicting accounts
October 3, 2026 at 05:25 AM
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MAMasrawy
الهضيبي: البنية التحتية غير جاهزة لتطبيق قانون الإجراءات الجنائية
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اعتبارا من اليوم الجمعة.. 3 قرارات جديدة من الرئيس السيسي تدخل حيز التنفيذ
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هل تنصلت الحكومة من تأجيل قانون الإجراءات الجنائية؟.. ضياء الدين داوود يكشف
(opens the publisher’s site)The House of Representatives has postponed the Criminal Procedures Law for one year after an emergency session, amid conflicting accounts of who sought the delay.
- MP Yasser El-Hodeiby said the government requested the one-year delay because digital, logistical and human infrastructure was not ready.
- El-Hodeiby confirmed the postponement covers the entire law, from its first to its last article.
- MP Diaa El-Din Dawoud said the decision carries constitutional and procedural defects, noting the minister of parliamentary affairs said the government did not request the delay.
- Dawoud said parliament was summoned on September 29, while the postponement bill was filed only on September 30.
- President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ratified the amendment, published in the Official Gazette, bringing the law into effect from Friday, October 2.