Egypt's top court rules Senate, Constitution panel invalid
Iran Press TV
Sun Jun 2, 2013 12:57PM GMT
Egypt's highest court has ruled as invalid the upper house of the parliament and the committee that drafted the country's new constitution.
The country's Supreme Constitutional Court ruled on Sunday that the country's Senate and the panel that drafted the constitution were illegally elected and must be dissolved.
According to the ruling, the Senate should remain in place until a new parliament is elected, but it would have no legislative authority.
No date has been set for the parliamentary elections yet, but President Mohamed Morsi had previously hinted that the vote could be held in October 2013.
This comes while the lower house of the parliament, dominated by Muslim Brotherhood lawmakers, was dissolved in line with a ruling by the same court prior to the presidential elections in June 2012.
On December 26, 2012 the Egyptian Senate convened and saw the 90 new members, appointed by President Mohamed Morsi taking constitutional oath.
Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court announced its decision to examine the legitimacy of the Senate days after the country's new constitution was signed into law.
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