After a minor cabinet reshuffle that saw 10 ministers replaced on 23 March, Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail is scheduled to deliver his government's first policy statement before the House of Representatives Sunday. Under Article 146 of the 2014 Constitution, the policy statement must be debated by Parliament within 30 days, after which it will be up to the house whether or not to vote with or withhold confidence in the government. Parliament deputy speaker Al-Sayed Al-Sherif told reporters Saturday that Ismail's statement would take around one hour to deliver and that the issue whether it would be aired live on television or not would be left to the majority of MPs to decide tomorrow. "The sure thing is that a special parliamentary committee will be formed to discuss this statement, prepare a report about it within 10 days, and recommend whether it should be approved or not," said Al-Sherif. (ahramonline)