The Muslim Brotherhood’s Secretary-General Mahmoud Hussein announced that the group will participate in a million-man demonstration in Tahrir Square on April 13 aimed at "protecting the revolution” from attempts to restore power to the former regime.

PROTESTS: 

1) The Muslim Brotherhood’s Secretary-General Mahmoud Hussein announced that the group will participate in a million-man demonstration in Tahrir Square on April 13 aimed at "protecting the revolution” from attempts to restore power to the former regime. [al-Ahram, English, 4/11/2012] [Al-Masry al-Youm, Arabic, 4/11/2012] 

ELECTIONS: 

2) The presiding judges in a case challenging the eligibility of presidential candidate Khairat al-Shater recused themselves on April 11, after being accused of bias against the defendant. The Cairo Administrative Court is expected to assign new judges to review the case. [al-Ahram, English, 4/11/2012] [al-Masry al-Youm, Arabic, 4/11/2012] 

3) The Brotherhood’s presidential candidate Khairat al-Shater warned of the possibility that the upcoming election may be rigged to ensure the victory of a “new Mubarak” – a clear reference to former vice president Omar Suleiman – which could pave the way for “a new revolution.” [AP, English, 4/11/2012] 

4) The People’s Assembly devoted a special session on April 11 to debating proposed a draft “disenfranchisement” law originally proposed by the moderate Islamist Wasat Party that would bar former regime members from competing in the presidential l election. Several MPs expressed concern that the bill what be deemed unconstitutional, because it contradicts Article 26 of the SCAF’s constitutional declaration, outlining candidate eligibility criteria, which does not cite affiliation with the former regime as grounds for disqualification. [al-Ahram, English, 4/11/2012] 

5) Amr Moussa said that those who perceive him as a remnant of the Mubarak regime suffer from “a misconception.” [al-Ahram, English, 4/11/2012] 

CONSTITUTION: 

6) The Freedom and Justice Party’s legal advisor Ahmed Abu Baraka announced that the party will appeal a verdict issued by the Supreme Administrative Court that challenged the constitutionality of the 100-member Constituent Assembly and suspended its work. Baraka said the verdict was flawed and violates the separation of powers between the judicial and executive branches. He went on to accuse judicial authorities of "interfering in parliamentary decisions." [al-Ahram, English, 4/11/2012] 

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