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Top News: Egypt People’s Assembly Refers Own Fate Back to the Judiciary

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Top News: Egypt People’s Assembly Refers Own Fate Back to the Judiciary

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Jul 10, 2012

Top News: Egypt People’s Assembly Refers Own Fate Back to the Judiciary

By Tarek Radwan

Within just minutes of starting, Egypt’s People’s Assembly speaker Saad El-Katatni ended the first session of the reinstated legislative body. The parliament session opened Tuesday at 10:20am, with El-Katatni arguing that President Mohamed Morsi had not violated the HCC’s decision by reinstating parliament. El-Katatni declared he will refer the HCC decision to the Appeal Court, […]

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Jul 10, 2012

SCAF Statement in Response to Decree Reinstating Parliament (Full Text)

By Nancy Messieh

Full statement made by SCAF in response to President Mohamed Morsi’s decree, in which he reinstated the dissolved parliament:

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Jul 9, 2012

With a Decree to Reinstate Parliament, has Morsi Exposed Too Many Cards Too Soon?

By Nancy Messieh

With President Mohamed Morsi’s July 8 decree to reinstate Egypt’s parliament making waves for the second day in a row, is it possible he may have shown far too many cards, far too soon? Serious compromises were made with his acceptance of the June 17 addendum, which stripped the president of many of his powers, […]

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Jul 9, 2012

Constitutional Confusion in Egypt: Is There Still Space for Women to Demand Their Rights?

By Catriona Knapman

On June 13, 2012 a newly formed constituent assembly was announced. This signalled further disappointment for Egypt’s women, in that same old, now much told story of gender discrimination. The assembly, composed of one hundred members tasked with determining the content and wording of Egypt’s fundamental legal document, included only seven women. According to the […]

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Jul 9, 2012

Top News: Return of Egypt People’s Assembly Dogged by Legal, Constitutional Ambiguity

By Nancy Messieh

There has been considerable debate within legal circles as to whether it is within Morsi’s mandate to overturn military dictates via presidential decrees. "It all depends on whether the SCAF was acting in its legislative capacity – which the military council assumed upon the dissolution of parliament last month – or whether it was relying […]

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Jul 8, 2012

Morsi’s Counter Coup

By Michele Dunne

President Mohammed Morsi’s July 8 decree (Arabic text) calling the dissolved parliament back into session has stunned all of Egypt and set off heated debates about whether the move is even legal, let alone advisable.

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Jul 8, 2012

Top News: President’s Reinstatement of Egypt Parliament Met with Praise, Indignation

By Nancy Messieh

A surprise decision by Egypt’s newly-inaugurated President Mohamed Morsi reinstating the dissolved People’s Assembly (the lower house of parliament) has led to a state of political confusion, bringing an end to the relative calm that has prevailed since last month’s hotly-contested presidential runoff vote.

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Jul 6, 2012

The Challenges Facing Egypt’s Presidency

By Reham Mokbel

Egypt has finally taken its first step towards democracy, by electing Mohamed Morsi as president, following a long period of uncertainty and increased mistrust of the Supreme Presidential Electoral Commission (SPEC), fueled by their decision to postpone the election results.

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Jul 6, 2012

Top News: Egypt’s Morsi Draws up Commission to Look into Protesters’ Deaths

By Tarek Radwan

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi issued a decree on Thursday evening calling for the formation of a fact-finding committee to investigate the killing of unarmed anti-regime protesters from last year’s Tahrir Square uprising until the military’s handover of executive authority late last month. 

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Jul 5, 2012

Top News: Constituent Assembly Discusses Freedom of Religion, Future of the Presidency

By Tarek Radwan

Freedom of religion, the fate of the Information Ministry and the possibility of re-staging presidential elections after the constitution is drafted were all discussed during the Constituent Assembly’s meeting on Wednesday. The assembly’s rights and freedoms committee discussed eight out of 17 articles related to freedoms, agreeing that the article on freedom of religion should […]

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