Administrative Court commissioner recommends Cyprus-Egypt demarcation agreement be subject to House approval, referendum

Administrative Court commissioner recommends Cyprus-Egypt demarcation agreement be subject to House approval, referendum: A Cairo Administrative Court's commissioner’s authority recommended that the border demarcation agreement with Cyprus be approved by the House of Representatives and put to a referendum before being passed, citing Article 151 of the constitution, Ahram Online reports. The report comes as part of a lawsuit filed in the Administrative Court in 2016 calling for scrapping the agreement until it receives a sign-off from parliament and the general public. The commissioner’s report is not binding. Egypt and Cyprus had signed a maritime border demarcation agreement with Cyprus in 2013, which would help divvy up hydrocarbon resources along an Exclusive Economic Zone.