Fr. Rif’at Fathy, representative of the EvangelicalChurch revealed the possible features of the Church Building Law that the three churches are preparing to submit to the Ministry of Transitional Justice. Representatives of the three churches have met in the Cathedral in ‘Abāssiyah to discuss possible provisions for the law. The draft makes the governor the sole authority for issuing permits for churches. The amount of time after submitting a request to establish a church has been limited to 60days, after which, if there was no response, this means an implicit agreement. Fathy stated that the law did not link the issue of constructing churches to the Coptic population in the area (Girgis Fikrī, al-Shurūq, Aug. 16, p. 3)