The Egyptian House of Representatives has decided in a voting session to expel its member Mohamed Al-Sadat from his seat, after the Parliament secured the two-thirds majority required to implement the decision. The session was held after several MPs criticized Al-Sadat, an outspoken critic of the government, for allegedly leaking the NGOs law to foreign ambassadors. Al-Sadat was also accused of forging the signatures of other MPs on a bill he filed to the Parliament but he denied this accusation. Parliament’s legislative affairs committee said in a statement against Al-Sadat that was sharing information about the parliament with foreign organizations including the Inter-Parliamentary Union. During the voting session, eight members voted against the expulsion of Al-Sadat, four abstained from voting while 468 voted in favor of the expulsion decision. However, 112 MPs didn’t attend the session, many of whom are from the 25-30 coalition that was formed by Al-Sadat. It was an attempt to prevent the Parliament from reaching a quorum in order not to proceed with the voting session. Al-Sadat, who is the nephew of former president Anwar Al-Sadat, said in clipped statements following the expulsion that the decision…
