Urgent .. the text of the House of Representatives statement on the discussions of the articles of the new criminal procedure bill
The House of Representatives held its public session today, Tuesday, headed by Counselor Dr. Hanafi Jabali, President of the Council, to complete the discussion of the articles of the draft criminal procedures law (the new) in the presence of the counselor, the Minister of Justice, and members of the sub -committee that prepared the draft law, most notably: the captain of the lawyers, and representatives of the Council The elders, the Supreme Judicial Council, the Ministry of Interior, the National Council for Human Rights.
The Council discussed today’s session Articles (196) to (276) of the draft law according to what the Joint Committee ended from the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee and the Rights Committee’s office office Human. The government agrees with this article, as the Bar Association stressed that this article was agreed upon between the Committee of Constitutional and Legislative Affairs and the Bar Association in response to the desire of Egypt’s lawyers, indicating that it was formulated in a way that ensures the achievement of more guarantees prescribed for the right to defense, whether in the draft law offered or in The law of law and its amendments, praising the openness of the House of Representatives to all opinions and its acceptance of the proposals that are consistent with the provisions of the constitution and ensure the rights of defense. A phrase stating that the judge refrains from participating in the ruling if he had issued a decision in the lawsuit to prevent travel or the situation on lists of anticipation of travel or arrival, in light of the majority asserting that this proposal comes in activation of more guarantees for the rights of the accused. > The Council also affirmed its approval to delete Article (267) regarding the prohibition of publishing the facts of the sessions, in light of the council’s keenness to provide guarantees of freedom of opinion, expression and freedom of the press in the light of what this article raised from the confusion of some of the journalists and the media, and in the interest of the council to remove this confusion The deletion of this article from the new draft criminal procedure law has been emphasized.
