Since July 2013 Egypt has been without a parliament after its election laws were ruled unconstitutional and in the interim gives full legislative control to the president.
Dr. Abd Rabou, professor at Cairo University examines the electoral processes, manoeuvres by state institutions, the nationalisation of politics in Egypt, and the implications this has on its future and political pluralism.
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