A lawyer filed another lawsuit on Thursday calling for the disbandment of the Shura Council following a constitutional court ruling that dissolved the People’s Assembly. Two other lawyers had filed a similar suit on Monday.
The lawyer, Tarek Mohamed, called on the military council to disband the Shura Council after the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) ruled the Parliamentary Elections Law, which governed the elections of the People’s Assembly and Shura Council, unconstitutional. The People’s Assembly was dissolved after the SCC's verdict was passed on 14 June.
The court ruled that the law was unconstitutional because of an amendment allowing members of political parties to compete for the one-third of parliamentary seats reserved for independent candidates.
SCC head Farouk Sultan said that the ruling does not apply to the Shura Council because the court was only reviewing the People’s Assembly.
The court has said that it will consider appeals against the dissolution of the People’s Assembly on 26 June.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
