Opposition (11) Member State of the African Union Member State of the Arab League The Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Egypt since its introduction in the 2019 Egyptian constitutional referendum and the subsequent 2020 Egyptian Senate election.

[5] Mohamed Morsi's constitutional declaration issued in November 2012 bars the Shura Council from being dissolved by the judiciary.

[6] The constitutional declaration issued by Morsi in December 2012 allowed the Shura Council to be dissolved by the judiciary.

[13] The amendments that followed the 2019 Egyptian constitutional referendum made the parliament a bicameral body, with the Shura Council abolished in 2014 restored as the Senate, which would consist of 120 elected members and 60 appointed by the president.

[14] This was later increased to 300 members, with one third elected by district, one third by proportional vote, and one third appointed by the President, with a 5-year term of office.

This is due to the new law put into force establishing universal judicial monitoring of polling stations.

On the other hand, opposition parties continue to lodge credible complaints about electoral manipulation by the government.

At least thirteen people were hurt in the fire, which destroyed the parliamentary archive room and several meeting chambers.