The Administrative and Financial Committee (AFC) of the Egyptian Senate agrees to contract with government agencies to provide the logistics necessary for the operating the council.
The Senate committee has approved finally the administrative structure of the newly elected legislative body.
This structure has been formulated to enable the council to exercise its constitutional powers established by the text of Articles (248 and 249) of the Constitution and the Senate Law promulgated by Law 141 of 2020, and in line with the organizational structures of the counterpart councils in other countries which adopted the bicameral parliament system.
The committee also agreed to draw up contract by direct agreement with a number of government agencies in order to provide the necessary logistics and carry out the preparations for the convening of the Senate.
The committee reviewed the results of the procedures for approval by the House of Representatives (HoR) to transfer workers who applied to transfer them to the Senate, and the developments represented in the withdrawal of (9) of them from their requests.
They also informed of the Ministry of Finance taking the executive measures to establish a financial unit for the Senate.
They directed to train the technical cadres to operate and manage it, and to provide funds for the Council.
The committee held a meeting today, Thursday, under the chairmanship of the Chancellor, Ala El Din Fouad - Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, and in the presence of Dr. Saleh Al Sheikh, Head of the Central Agency for Organization and Administration, Chancellor Mahmoud Fawzi, Secretary General of the House of Representatives (HoR), Imad Awwad, Head of Accounts Sector at the Ministry of Finance.
On the other hand, the General Secretariat of the House of Representatives (HoR) headed by Chancellor Mahmoud Fawzi issued a statement, days ago, explaining the procedures for the return of the Senate after its cancellation several decades ago.
The statement indicated that a sufficient number of staff of the HoR will be transferred to the Senate.
Priority will be given for the staff who were previously transferred from the Shura Council, which was canceled years ago. The transferred staff will maintain the same fiscal degrees and seniority they enjoy and will also keep salaries, allowances and bonuses, and all the financial rights assigned to them in their previous posts.
The statement pointed out that the Senates Law regulated the procedures that result from the revival of the council. That law stipulates that a sufficient number of the stuff in the HoR should be transferred to the Senate.
Transferring will be completed by an application submitted to the Secretary-General of the HoR within a period not exceeding seven days from the date of enforcement of this law, and the applicant is granted a receipt indicating the application.
All the assets of the canceled Shura Council will be transferred to the Senate. The assets had been transferred to the HoR including the Shura Council building which in Cairo and its equipment.
A committee will be formed under the chairmanship of the Minister in charge of Parliamentary Councils Affairs. The committee makes up Head of the Central Agency for Organization and Administration, Secretary-General of the HoR and General-Secretary of the HoR, and a representative of the Ministry of Finance.
Representation of Women in Senate Raises Controversy in the HoR, Lawmakers Demanding 25%
The first article of the Senate bill has raised a great controversy over the suitable percentage allocated to women in new upper camera (Senate).
The article includes proposals to allocate 10% of seats in the Senate to women. But a number of lawmakers demanded to increase the women's percentage to 25%.
Lawmaker Suzy Nashid, rejected the proposed percentage for women, saying that the Constitution stipulates that women should be represented properly in the parliamentary councils.
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