Interim President Adly Mansour on Thursday passed a law for parliamentary elections guaranteeing at least 12 percent of seats to women and four percent to Egypt's mi**rity Christians. The legislative polls will be the final stage of a "roadmap" to democracy an**unced by former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who himself was elected president last week. He unveiled the roadmap after deposing Egypt's Islamist president Mohamed Morsi last July. Twenty-four seats will be reserved for Coptic Christians and 70 for women, in keeping with Egypt's constitution, the president's ****** said.
06-07-2014, 07:40 AM
Egypt brings in new law for legislative polls
Interim President Adly Mansour on Thursday passed a law for parliamentary elections guaranteeing at least 12 percent of seats to women and four percent to Egypt's mi**rity Christians. The legislative polls will be the final stage of a "roadmap" to democracy an**unced by former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who himself was elected president last week. He unveiled the roadmap after deposing Egypt's Islamist president Mohamed Morsi last July. Twenty-four seats will be reserved for Coptic Christians and 70 for women, in keeping with Egypt's constitution, the president's ****** said.
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