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Opinion writers take a look at the prospect of local government:<\/strong> We shouldn\u2019t be afraid to decentralize government and grant greater powers to local government, writes Newton for Al Masry Al Youm<\/a>. However, since the concept of decentralization is a bit alien to Egypt, he advocates for taking a more gradual approach by granting complete local administrative powers to a select few governorates (maybe even one). His piece is part of a growing trend among opinion this week looking into local elections, with some, including Amr Rabei<\/a>, saying the Local Administration Act should be among the House of Representatives\u2019 top priorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Opinion writers take a look at the prospect of local government: We shouldn\u2019t be afraid to decentralize government and grant greater powers to local government, writes Newton for Al Masry Al Youm. 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