Egypt's new Parliament convened its opening session on Sunday more than three years after the old Islamist-dominated chamber was dissolved. The new Parliament, which will be dominated by an alliance loyal to Sisi, has 568 elected members plus another 28 appointed by the president himself. In a 17-hour long session, Parliament elected a constitutional expert as its speaker. Ali Abdelaal, a French-educated lawyer who helped draft the constitution and election law, is a member of the "Support Egypt" coalition, an alliance of over 400 MPs loyal to Sisi. The newly-elected legislature has 15 days to approve hundreds of laws issued by executive decree during the period when it was suspended. (Reuters)