No Appeal On Egyptian Parliament Dissolution – Constitutional Court
18:09 09/07/2012 CAIRO, July 9 (RIA Novosti) - The Egyptian Constitutional Court said it would not change its ruling on dissolving the country’s parliament, a move that goes against a presidential decree annulling the parliament’s disbandment and calling for the chamber to reconvene, Egypt’s state-run TV reported on Monday.
The statement comes after the Constitutional Court announced it would hold an extraordinary meeting to discuss the decree.
On Sunday, newly-elected Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi ordered to withdraw the decision to dissolve the Islamist-led parliament and reconvene the chamber until a new one is elected.
Morsi’s move sparked criticism from both the country’s judiciary and political forces who blamed him of disrespecting the court’s decisions.
Egypt’s Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which ran the country after President Hosni Mubarak was toppled by a popular unrest in 2011, dissolved the parliament in May, following the Constitutional Court’s decision, a day before the second round of the presidential elections which secured a victory for Islamist Morsi.
Parliamentary speaker Saad al-Katatni, who hailed Morsi’s decision to suspend the chamber’s dissolution, called on the country’s lawmakers to hold a plenary session on Tuesday to discuss Morsi’s decree, Egyptian state-run TV said.
The Muslim Brotherhood political party, from which Morsi stood at the elections, supported the move calling it a "soft coup" and accusing the military council of monopolizing power.
According to Morsi’s decree, the parliament will continue to work until a new one is elected. Parliamentary elections must be held two months after the country’s referendum on the new constitution if it is approved, Morsi said.
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