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Egypt\u2019s columnists went on a collective rant against the House of Representatives <\/strong>after its hasty approval of amendments to the judicial code<\/a> sparked a ruckus with the judiciary. Starting off the conversation is Al Masry Al Youm<\/a>\u2019s Amr El Shobaky, who wastes no time in declaring that it is the worst legislation related to the judiciary to be issued since the monarchy<\/strong> and pointing out that the amendments essentially strip the judiciary of its independence from the executive branch of government. Ashraf El Barbary takes an equally hysterical tone, writing in a column penned for Al Shorouk<\/a> that the House seems to be working actively to bring the state to the brink of collapse<\/strong>. Sami Abdel Aziz points to the immature and emotionally and unstable nature of the MPs as the crux of the issue, writing in Youm7<\/a> that anybody following the goings-on of the parliament can see that they need some lessons in politics and self-control. The AMAY<\/a> columnist writing under the pseudonym Newton, meanwhile, reminisces about the bicameral parliamentary system Egypt had under Hosni Mubarak\u2019s rule, which he says was devoid of the shenanigans being witnessed in Ali Abdel Aal\u2019s parliament largely because of their technical and legal expertise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Egypt\u2019s columnists went on a collective rant against the House of Representatives after its hasty approval of amendments to the judicial code sparked a ruckus with the judiciary. 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