The Advisory Council will consider on Tuesday a request from a number of council members to dissolve the council, particularly after the election of the People's Assembly and Shura Council, Sameh Ashour, deputy head of the Advisory Council and president of the Lawyers Syndicate, said on Monday.
Ashour told Al-Masry Al-Youm that Advisory Council head Mansour Hassan and a majority of council members agreed with the calls for dissolution, but that the decision must be issued formally. He expected a unanimous decision to be issued during the meeting on Tuesday.
Ashour explained that the council had played the role required of it at a time when the state was suffering from the absence of a legislative framework.
He went on to say that only the People's Assembly and Shura Council represent the Egyptian people now and will take action on any matter relating to the future of Egypt during the ongoing transitional phase.
Ashour said the council’s role was merely advisory and that it does not have the authority to make or implement decisions. He added that dissolving the council has nothing to do with recent events or the resignation of a number of its members.
The ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces formed the Advisory Council in December. A number of its members have resigned in protest against the SCAF’s management of the transitional phase and violence against protesters.
Translated from Al-Masry Al-Youm
