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The House of Representatives must be monitored more closely and held accountable for <\/strong>its actions<\/strong>, particularly as it readies itself to discuss several critical pieces of legislation during its third session, Ziad Bahaa El Din writes for Al Shorouk<\/a>. Bahaa El Din notes that people\u2019s expectations from the House are rather low as a result of the performance over the past two years, but stresses that constituents should not allow their elected representatives to continue down the same path of embarrassments and incompetence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The House of Representatives must be monitored more closely and held accountable for its actions, particularly as it readies itself to discuss several critical pieces of legislation during its third session, Ziad Bahaa El Din writes for Al Shorouk. 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