Accelerate litigation proceedings is required

Chairman of the legislative and constitutional committee, PM Bahaa Abu Shaka criticized the government for not taking the citizen side, adding during an interview with “Arab Today”  that, the entire legal system need to be fixed, and there is no intention for the parliament to fight with the judges.

He said that the current government doesn’t know anything about the poor, because of technocrats ministers who are running the government, adding that this situation can be solved by using a political minister knows how to speak with people and works to achieve their demands.

He spoke about his unhappy experience with the government, when he kept asking to send its thoughts on amending the Code of Criminal Procedure for 4 months, but got no answers, until they managed to implement these amendments which will help to stop terrorism.

He added that criminals use legal loops to postpone their trails for months by not showing to the court house, and soon there will be a proposal to ministries of Justice and Interior to fix this problem by guaranteeing the arrival of the criminals a day before the trial. Other amendments to criminal procedures will be applied like, refusing the trial or changing the judges.

He admitted that most of the legislations are old and need to be upgraded, adding that the law must be applied because most of the citizens don’t believe that laws can protect them, despite the two revolutions they made.

He added that also Health sector need serious amendments, criticizing the hospitals and health centers that make people much sick, and all parliament members need to work to improve health services for the citizens.

He said that Tiran and Sanafir agreement will be discussed in front of the public, and there is a plan to hire a group of international law experts to work on this file.

Amid wide rage because of the legislative and constitutional committee proposal to withdraw judges’ power to hire seniors and gave this power to the president, Abu Shaka said that, they don’t want to get in a conflict with the judges, but deciding what is best for the country is an essential part Parliament’s powers, adding that they are working on a draft of the amendment to be presented in front of the Council of State.