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"Egypt is missing instruments essential to any functioning democracy and these must be established in the transition period — an independent judiciary, a representative Parliament, an open press," Mr. Kaseem said.
In addition to Mr. Hyde and Mr. Hatch, the two ranking Democrats on the judiciary panels, Representative John Conyers Jr. of Michigan and Senator Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont, attended the White House meeting.
"Egypt is missing instruments essential to any functioning democracy and these must be established in the transition period -- an independent judiciary, a representative parliament, an open press," Mr. Kassem said.
But it did not strike the proposed amendment down, a move that could have provoked a clash between the assertive judiciary and a representative body bent on reclaiming for itself powers that had been absorbed by past military dictators.
But this would be extremely unpopular with the public, who have come to put more faith in the judiciary than their elected representatives.
Justice ministry spokesman Tlali Tlali said the the task team would begin its work in July and include six representatives from the judiciary, police and department of social development and six representatives from the gay community.
The supreme representative of the judiciary is the National Judiciary Council.
Meanwhile, the Correction Facility Review and Oversight Committee -- composed of county legislators, staff members from the county executive and district attorney's offices, and representative from the judiciary, and sheriff's and probation departments -- is seeking ways to reduce the jail population.
By interpreting statutes according to Parliament's intention, the judiciary upholds the notion of representative democracy as it makes sure that the people are ruled accurately by the laws made by their elected leaders.
This complete separation of the judiciary from the enterprise of "representative government" might have some truth in those countries where judges neither make law themselves nor set aside the laws enacted by the legislature.
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