Checks and balances: A number of members of the House of Representatives criticized the Ismail government’s publication of its approval of a USD 25 bn loan from Russia to build the Daba’a nuclear power plant. The representatives say the loan terms were not presented to them and have not been discussed in the relevant sub-committees as mandated constitutionally, Al Mal reports. A constitutional law professor downplayed the concerns, saying the terms published in the Official Gazette were merely “routine” and didn’t require parliamentary approval. Other parliamentarians are questioning the need for a nuclear power plant in the first place. The domestic press has essentially concluded that it’s unclear whether the executive branch of government has overstepped or whether it’s the House that’s clueless as to (a) proper procedure and (b) where it’s powers end.