Egypt Supreme Court calls for parliament's
dissolution
Thursday June 14, 2012 10:48:27 PM,
IANS
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Cairo:
The Egyptian Supreme Court Thursday caused outrage after calling
for the dissolution of the parliament's lower house in the
country.
It ruled that last year's parliamentary election was
unconstitutional and said that one third of the seats were
"illegitimate", BBC reported.
The controversial decision, coming days before Egypt's
presidential election run-off, prompted the ruling military
council to hold an emergency meeting.
The Muslim Brotherhood said the ruling would push Egypt into a
"dark tunnel".
Muslim Brotherhood's senior leader Essam Al-Arian warned that the
decision would leave the incoming president without a parliament
or a constitution.
Abdul Moneim Aboul Fotouh, who took part in the first round of the
presidential vote in May, said that dissolving of the parliament
amounted to a "complete coup".
In a separate ruling, the supreme court also declared that former
prime minister Ahmed Shafiq could continue to run for president in
the June 16-17 election, rejecting a law that would have barred
him from standing.
The court was considering the validity of last year's
parliamentary election.
According to the official Mena news agency: "The constitutional
court affirmed in the details of its verdict that the
parliamentary elections were not constitutional, and the entire
composition of parliament has been illegitimate since its
election."
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