Sunday 06/July/2025 – 05:44 PM
Dr. Ashraf Sobhi, Minister of Youth and Sports, said that the amendments to the Sports Law are not a new law as some see, but rather amendments to the current law of sports.
Discussing the Sports Law draft
This came during his speech at the meeting of the Youth and Sports Committee in the House of Representatives today, headed by Dr. Mahmoud Hussein and with the participation of Counselor Ibrahim Al -Hunaidi, Chairman of the Legislative Affairs Committee.
Sobhi stressed that the ministry has made great efforts during the last period in coordination to prepare these amendments to the law, praising the cooperation between the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the House of Representatives and the Youth and Sports Committee of the Council.
With regard to item 8, the amendments do not include a text that requires the implementation of the 8 -year period retroactively, but the amendments stipulate its application immediately.
Item 8 provides for Article 21, that no member of the position of the Board of Directors is not right for two consecutive sessions in the candidacy again, as of the date of the application of the new law, this came in a move aimed at pumping new blood into the councils of sports organizations and expanding the base of participation.
The minister pointed to the government’s keenness to activate governance and transparency, stressing that there is no prejudice to public societies.
