In historic first, an Armed Forces general is set to take a seat on the bench of Egypt’s highest court. Mada Masr looks at the politics behind the decision.
“What difference does it make what [voters] know or don’t know?” says one parliamentary source.
A judicial source describes the amendments as a way of “constitutionalizing dictatorship”
Law graduates applying to the Public Prosecution were evaluated by several non-judicial bodies
The State Council and Administrative Prosecution associations, whose premises are located along the banks of the Nile River in Manial, have refused…
Mada Masr intends to appeal the ruling before the Supreme Administrative Court
The SMRC has not sent a representative to either of the two sessions in the case thus far
Some hotels have stopped the practice due to the case, Sameh says
The decision is being seen as a trial period before the door is opened to female graduates
Egypt had only 66 woman judges out of 12,000 serving judges as of summer 2020.
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