The Journalists Syndicate’s council decided Saturday to refer syndicate head Mamdouh al-Wali to a disciplinary committee for voting on the final draft of the constitution.
Eight members of the Journalists Syndicate’s council called for an emergency meeting to discuss Wali’s presence at the Constituent Assembly’s final session, in violation of the syndicate’s 25 November decision to withdraw from the assembly.
In a related incident, Lawyers Syndicate head Sameh Ashour was referred to a disciplinary board, and no confidence procedures were started against him, as a result of his presence at a Judges Club general assembly meeting.
The decision was announced during a protest organized by Islamist lawyers, attended by hundreds. Ashour responding by telling Al-Masry Al-Youm, “I challenge the Brotherhood lawyers in a general assembly to take legal action with the lawyers to withdraw confidence from the council and the chairman.”
He demanded his opponents read the Lawyers' Act, which gives the Lawyers Syndicate head the immunity of judges and stipulates specific disciplinary measures he claims were not met by the Brotherhood-affiliated lawyers.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
