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House of Representatives Speaker Ali Abdel Aal\u2019s decision to appoint a spokesperson for parliament will not improve transparency<\/strong>, Hamdy Rizk writes for Al Masry Al Youm<\/a>. Restricting what the public\u2019s insight on what goes on in the House to what MPs tell the press is not nearly enough to keep the public informed about important issues being discussed, he says, adding that it would be much more useful to go back to live streaming parliamentary sessions. We couldn\u2019t agree more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

House of Representatives Speaker Ali Abdel Aal\u2019s decision to appoint a spokesperson for parliament will not improve transparency, Hamdy Rizk writes for Al Masry Al Youm. 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