Budget debate: The House of Representatives’ Planning and Budget Committee is expected to begin discussing the FY2017-18 state budget mid-week. The House Economics Committee is also expected to wrap up voting on the Investment Act this week.

Pope Francis is set to arrive in Cairo on Friday, 28 April for a two-day visit. Francis will meet with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II, and will visit Al Azhar to participate in a conference. The full program of the Pope’s visit is available here.

The battle over who gets to pick the heads of the judicial committees may reach its climax this Wednesday. That’s when the House of Representatives is expected to put amendments to the judicial codes up for a vote. This comes despite a the Council of State rejecting the legislation over the weekend for a second time. MPs from the pro-government Support Egypt coalition, the largest in Parliament, tell Al Shorouk that it was more than likely that the law will pass. Other MPs are calling for hearings with members of the judiciary to help temper a political beef which has been growing for the past month.