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Islamist parties: Supreme Court verdicts are political
Egypt
June 14, 2012
Islamist parties: Supreme Court verdicts are political
Leaders and MPs from the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party and the Salafi Nour Party attacked the verdict issued…
Court verdict will dissolve People’s Assembly, says elections official
Egypt
June 14, 2012
Court verdict will dissolve People’s Assembly, says elections official
The entire People's Assembly will be dissolved following the Supreme Constitutional Court ruling that one-third of its MPs elected to…
Wednesday’s papers: Constituent Assembly wild success, dramatic failure
Egypt
June 13, 2012
Wednesday’s papers: Constituent Assembly wild success, dramatic failure
News about the Constituent Assembly tasked with writing Egypt’s post-Hosni Mubarak constitution makes headlines in all of Wednesday’s papers. Yet,…
MP to appeal against constituent assembly
Egypt
June 12, 2012
MP to appeal against constituent assembly
Socialist Popular Alliance Party MP Abul Ezz al-Hariry said Tuesday that he will refer the makeup of the new Constituent…
Update: Parliament elects new Constituent Assembly
Egypt
June 12, 2012
Update: Parliament elects new Constituent Assembly
People’s Assembly Speaker Saad al-Katatny announced on Tuesday night the names of the Constituent Assembly members who would draft Egypt’s…
MPs urged to stage sit-in for political isolation enforcement
Egypt
June 12, 2012
MPs urged to stage sit-in for political isolation enforcement
Thirty public figures have urged Parliament members and former presidential candidates to stage a sit-in inside Parliament demanding the enforcement…
Parliament to re-attempt forming constituent assembly
Egypt
June 9, 2012
Parliament to re-attempt forming constituent assembly
Egypt will try again on Tuesday to set up an assembly to write a new constitution, the parliamentary speaker said…
Katatny: Lawmakers will comply if court orders dissolution of Parliament
Egypt
June 9, 2012
Katatny: Lawmakers will comply if court orders dissolution of Parliament
Parliamentary Speaker Saad al-Katatny has confirmed that the People’s Assembly will respect the ruling of the Supreme Constitutional Court if…
Lawyers Syndicate to discuss filing suit against judge for insulting Parliament
Egypt
June 8, 2012
Lawyers Syndicate to discuss filing suit against judge for insulting Parliament
Abdel Aziz al-Deriny, the rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee in the Lawyers Syndicate and member of the syndicate's board,…
Parliament review: Scuffles and laws
Egypt
June 8, 2012
Parliament review: Scuffles and laws
As the political deadlock over the formation of the committee that will write Egypt’s constitution continues, MPs expressed their outrage…