ALAMEIN, Egypt, August 17, 2026/APO Group/ —
Today in New Alamein City, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met with Prime Minister, Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, and Minister of Justice, Counselor Mahmoud Helmy El-Sherif.
Spokesman for the Presidency, Ambassador Mohamed El-Shennawy, stated that the meeting reviewed a number of portfolios within the Ministry of Justice, starting with assessing the completion rates of the “Justice City” project in the New Capital. This included reviewing the digital infrastructure, components of the digital transformation system, and modern technological applications scheduled for operation within the city’s judicial facilities.
In this regard, President El-Sisi affirmed that the objective of the “Justice City” is to establish an integrated digital judicial environment befitting the New Republic, ensuring streamlined and expeditious justice and providing citizens with distinguished judicial services. The President directed that the specified timelines for completing the project be strictly adhered to, with a high degree of technical precision to be commensurate with the status of Egypt’s long-established judiciary.
During the meeting, the President followed-up on the latest developments regarding the modernization of real estate registration and notarization services. Counsellor El-Sherif noted that the Ministry of Justice signed two joint cooperation protocols with the National Bank of Egypt and Banque Misr to open 11 premium notarization branches within the premises of each bank. He added that additional modernized mobile notarization vehicles operating on a one-stop-shop system were deployed to provide all real estate registration and notarization services with high productivity, speed, and full efficiency anywhere. The Minister of Justice highlighted the opening of two new notarization branches in the governorates of Sohag and Minya, which allow remote services through the “I Want to Make a Power of Attorney” application.
Furthermore, the Minister of Justice reviewed efforts to improve family court and lawsuit services, including the launch of an electronic integration system to suspend certain government services for individuals failing to pay alimony across 38 offices in primary courts, ensuring the protection of family rights. Minister El-Sherif also reviewed the latest developments regarding measures taken to expedite the resolution of lawsuits, noting the Ministry’s keenness to achieve prompt justice by providing a suitable working environment for judges and litigants. This environment shall contribute to the accuracy and regularity of work across all courthouses in the Republic, with a commitment to the speedy resolution of cases.
The Minister highlighted the launch of a package of measures and initiatives aimed at upgrading the judicial system, reducing burdens, expediting the settlement of pending cases, and increasing completion rates. These include establishing an integrated tech system to manage proceedings before criminal courts electronically, as well as signing the “Unified Digital Justice Strategy” document and the official launch of the “Collaborative Data Platform for Judicial Entities and Bodies” to achieve information and procedural integration between the Ministry of Justice and all pillars of the judicial system.
During the meeting, the Minister of Justice reviewed the ongoing measures to implement the new Criminal Procedure Law, which will take effect starting October 1, 2026. He reviewed the executive status of increasing the efficiency of collecting state revenues and the Ministry of Justice’s self-generated resources.
In this regard, the President directed the expansion of advanced service offerings, affirming the state’s commitment to building an integrated government services system worthy of the Egyptian citizen. President El-Sisi also emphasized the necessity to advance efforts toward upgrading the judicial system, ease burdens, expedite the resolution of pending cases, and increase completion rates, thereby strengthening citizen trust in state institutions.
The President also stressed the importance of applying the highest standards of cybersecurity and digital sovereignty to protect litigants’ data, as well as the vital need to take all measures to guarantee the swift execution of rulings issued in alimony lawsuits.
