الباحث في العلوم القانونية والسياسية
Volume 1, Numéro 2, Pages 231-252
2019-12-31

The Abolition Of The Second Parliamentary Chambers In Egypt And Tunisia: A Salutary Choice Or A Democratic Set-back?

Authors : Fathi Zerari .

Abstract

This research studies, from a comparative perspective and with a particular reference to the French bicentennial bicameral experience, the causes that led to the abolition of the parliamentary upper chambers in Egypt and Tunisia. Though both countries opted for the same unicameral choice in their current constitutions, adopted in 2014, the sociopolitical outcomes of such a choice are not the same. Actually, the unicameral Tunisian parliament seems better adapted to the sociopolitical context, while Egypt hassubstituted an inefficient bicameralism with an inadequate unicameralism.

Keywords

bicameralism, unicameralism, legitimacy, performance, sociopolitical context, adequacy