Parliament’s activities are mired in legal and constitutional issues

Our parliament’s activities are mired in legal and constitutional issues that have resulted in the institution losing its credibility, Hassan Al Azhary writes for Al Shorouk. Most of the issues have to do with parliament doing away with transparency standards, such as its abrupt decision to stop broadcasting its discussion sessions, which took away constituents’ right to hold their elected representatives accountable for their decisions. Parliament has also been notoriously speedy in passing key pieces of legislation — including the Emergency Law — ignoring in the process the possibility that some of these laws are unconstitutional, the columnist says.