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Egypt plans to reinstate municipal oversight councils

Parliament hopes to pass a bill yet this year to tackle corrupt municipal workers in Egypt, even as the federal government is cracking down on protesters who are trying to take on alleged malfeasance at the highest levels.

An man Egyptian casts his ballot with a child at a polling station during the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments, at a school in shamma village in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019. (Photo by Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP)        (Photo credit should read MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)
An Egyptian casts his ballot with a child at a polling station, Shamma, Egypt, April 22, 2019. — MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images

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