Egypt's minister of legal and parliamentary affairs and a leading member of the ruling party, has ruled out the possibility of amendments being introduced to the Egyptian constitution.
Dr Shihab said that an amendment to the constitution is not in the cards at the current time. Also that the party is focusing on the parliamentary elections that are set to take place later this year, rather than on the presidential elections that are scheduled for next year.
In his reply to questions by Asharq Al-Awsat about the criticism that the ruling party monopolizes power, Dr Shihab, who occupies the post of assistant secretary general of parliamentary affairs in the National Democratic Party [NDP], said that the NDP does not want to monopolize power in Egypt through a large [parliamentary] majority, and that the opposition parties ought to work and be active in order to win more representation in parliament and in the local councils.
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