Opinion writers continue to cast shade on the House

Opinion writers continue to cast shade on the House: We are quite pleased that opinion writers have not let up on how poor the House of Representatives’ performance was over the past two sessions. The latest, a scathing piece from Amr Rabei in Al Masry Al Youm, goes beyond the buffoonery and scandals and attacks the “sycophancy” of MPs. He criticizes how Parliament has failed to provide a check and balance on the government. He says this session it would be crucial that MPs move beyond that as we head into a presidential election cycle. He specifically pointed to a lack of an opposition party and rather stupidly hit on the fact that the House did not put the brakes on the government reducing subsidies.