Parliament to discuss monthly subsidy law for ex-orphanage

CAIRO – 26 October 2017: A draft law supporting youth who have commenced from orphanages and correction facilities by providing them with a monthly subsidy will be discussed in the parliament within the upcoming days.

MP Caroline Maher, a member of the Parliamentarian Members of the Social Solidarity and Family and Persons with Disabilities Committee, along with 10 fellow members announced that the draft law referred to the Social Solidarity Committee on Sunday. After their approval, she said it will be discussed before the parliament.

According to draft legislation, the subsidy will be granted only to the youth brought up in social care institutions that moved out after reaching the age of 18.

The draft law stipulates that the state is committed to paying LE 400 ($17.65) as a monthly subsidy to each one for two years or until the end of their academic years.

It also states that those who falsify official papers to take the subsidy will be punished by imprisonment for a period no less than 3 years and a fine of no less than LE 10,000 and no more than LE 100,000.

Maher said that the draft law aims to provide support to those youth in order to better their integration into society.
President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi issued a decree at the end of September to call on the House of Representatives to convene on Monday, October 2 for Parliament’s third consecutive round as part of its first legislative session.