{"id":647133,"date":"2017-05-03T03:57:30","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T03:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/05\/03\/house-gives-preliminary-nod-to-investment-act-postpones-vote-to-discuss-private-free-zones\/"},"modified":"2017-05-03T03:57:30","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T03:57:30","slug":"house-gives-preliminary-nod-to-investment-act-postpones-vote-to-discuss-private-free-zones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/05\/03\/house-gives-preliminary-nod-to-investment-act-postpones-vote-to-discuss-private-free-zones\/","title":{"rendered":"House gives preliminary nod to Investment Act, postpones vote to discuss private free zones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-01\"><\/a> <strong>The House has approved the Investment Act in principle, but postponed its final vote <\/strong><strong>to today until issues over private free zones are put to rest. <\/strong>The House of Representatives is expected to vote on the Investment Act in a plenary session today after MPs gave a preliminary nod to 90 of its 92 articles during a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.almalnews.com\/Pages\/StoryDetails.aspx?ID=332234\">general assembly session<\/a> late yesterday afternoon, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.almalnews.com\/Pages\/StoryDetails.aspx?ID=332292\">Al Mal says<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why didn\u2019t it pass last night? <\/strong>The final vote was postponed until members of the Economic Committee can resolve disagreements with the finance and investment ministries over articles relating to the <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2017\/05\/02\/house-could-vote-on-investment-act-today\/\">return of private free zones<\/a>. <strong>The Finance Ministry rejected the committee\u2019s move on Sunday to re-introduce private free zones<\/strong> under the new act, which broke the committee\u2019s agreement with the ministry, high-ranking officials <a href=\"http:\/\/www.almalnews.com\/Pages\/StoryDetails.aspx?ID=332230\">alleged in a talk with Al Mal<\/a>. While private free zones continue to exist, the establishment of new ones had been banned in 2015.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abdel Aal brokering a compromise? <\/strong>House Speaker Ali Abdel Aal reportedly met with Investment Minister Sahar Nasr, Finance Minister Amr El Garhy and Deputy Finance Minister Amr El Monayer after yesterday\u2019s session in a bid to diffuse the issue, urging MPs on the Economics Committee <a href=\"http:\/\/www.almalnews.com\/Pages\/StoryDetails.aspx?ID=332259\">to do the same<\/a>. <strong>The issue: The Economics Committee still wants to give the green light to private free zones<\/strong> despite the Finance Ministry\u2019s objections, deputy chair Amr El Gohary <a href=\"http:\/\/www.almalnews.com\/Pages\/StoryDetails.aspx?ID=332248\">tells Al Mal<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.almasryalyoum.com\/news\/details\/1127506\">Speaking during Tuesday\u2019s assembly,<\/a> Nasr said that the government and representatives will work to push the act out as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>No nationalization: <\/strong>Among the articles approved on Tuesday by the House were those that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youm7.com\/story\/2017\/5\/2\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%82-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%B8%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AB%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1\/3215924\">prohibit the nationalizatio<\/a>n of private investments and projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House has approved the Investment Act in principle, but postponed its final vote to today until issues over private free zones are put to rest. 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