The Supreme Council for the Armed Forces held an emergency meeting on Sunday evening to discuss the implications of President Mohamed Morsy's decision to reconvene People's Assembly until parliamentary elections are held, sources from within the council told Al-Masry Al-Youm
The sources said that the decision "was a surprise to everyone, including the military council.”
Major General Sayed Hashem, a former military prosecutor, was not so quick to condemn the decision. "We must know the reasons for this decision, and the circumstances that led to its release," Hashem told al-Masry al-Youm.
"The return of the legislative body is temporary until the re-instatement of a permanent constitution. Holding these modified elections would mean recognition of the invalidity of Parliament’s original formation," he added.
Some military sources said they expect Morsy's decision to affect the possibility of his attendance at upcoming graduations of Military Academies.
Morsy had issued a decree Sunday afternoon announcing the return of Parliament. The decision attempts to nullify the Supreme Council’s decision to dissolve parliament based on the Supreme Constitutional Court's ruling that some clauses in the law governing the People's Assembly elections were unconstitutional.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
