The Legislative Affairs Committee of the Shūrá Council rejected the status of women in the first half of the electoral list, leading to sharp differences between the House of Representatives at a meeting yesterday (April 2, 2013). Shūrá Council member, Mamdūh Ramzī criticized the decision saying that there is no concession for women. There is escalating public anger after the Shūrá Council's approval to allow religious slogans in electoral propaganda. General Secretary of the Egyptian Liberal Party. (Nūr 'Alī, Nirmīn 'Abd al-Zāhir, Mahmūd Sa'd al-Dīn, Māhir 'Abd al-Wāhid, 'Alī Hassān, Muhammad Ridā, Hānī 'Uthmān and Islām Jamāl, al-Yawm al-Sābi', Apr. 3, p. 12). Read original text in Arabic.