The State Council administrative court ordered presidential hopeful Khairat al-Shater as well as the government to provide a copy of the amnesty decision issued by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces which pardoned him.
The court decided on Tuesday to adjourn the first hearing in the appeal filed by MP and presidential nominee Abul Ezz al-Hariry against the SCAF-issued pardon of Shater, the Muslim Brotherhood’s presidential candidate.
In the lawsuit filed against Head of the Presidential Elections Commission Farouk Sultan as well as Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi and Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim, Hariry said the amnesty decision was illegal and in violation of the Constitutional Declaration.
The session was attended by Shater’s lawyer Abdel Moneim Abdel Maqsoud.
Translated from Al-Masry Al-Youm
