Since 1866, Egypt witnessed seven parliamentary systems whose legislative and oversight competencies varied and reflected the history of the Egyptian people's struggle to establish a society based on democracy and freedom.

[6] On 8 July 2012, President Mohamed Morsi said he would override the edict that had dissolved the country's elected lawmakers, but that was followed by his deposition.

According to journalist Peter Hessler, neglect of Upper Egypt has also allowed the region to "devise indigenous campaign traditions".

[10] Without parties or local media to promote issues or policies, campaigns consist primarily of evening house calls to potential voters by candidates with their entourage.

[10] Candidates often have no platform, do not talk "about issues, policies, or potential legislation", or make any "public campaign promises".

Candidates often sit in silence on their visits rather than formally introduce themselves, give a stump speech or field questions about what they will do if elected.

For this reason, the Prime Minister of Egypt and his cabinet are necessarily from the dominant party or coalition in the House.

According to article 86 the House of Representatives shall undertake: In practice, the People's Assembly had very little power prior to the 2011 Egyptian revolution.

The last PA Speaker was Saad Al Katatny, who briefly presided the Assembly for only 5 months from 23 January 2012 to the dissolution of parliament on 18 June 2012.

The committee is responsible for discussing the general issues put forward by the president, the prime minister or the speaker.

This committee is responsible for looking into the violations committed by House members towards the Egyptian society's code of behavior towards religion, social standards, etc.

Emergency sessions are held by the request of the executive committee to look into any of additionally outlined issues of concern.