Egypt parliament convenes after three years
CAIRO, January 10, 2016
Egypt's new parliament convened its opening session on Sunday, state television reported, more than three years after the old Islamist-dominated chamber was dissolved.
The new parliament, which will be dominated by an alliance loyal to President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, has 568 elected members plus another 28 appointed by the president himself.
Egypt's last parliament was elected in 2011-12 in its first free election following a popular uprising that ended autocrat Hosni Mubarak's 30-year presidency. A court dissolved that parliament in mid-2012. - Reuters
