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Jul 11, 2012

Top News: Brotherhood lawyer: Constitutional Court Ruling on People’s Assembly ‘Worthless’

By Tarek Radwan

Amid mounting tension between Egypt’s Islamist political forces and the judiciary, Muslim Brotherhood lawyer Abdel-Moneim Abdel-Maqsoud described Tuesday’s ruling by Egypt’s High Constitutional Court (HCC), which overturned a presidential decree reinstating the People’s Assembly, as "worthless." "We have filed a lawsuit calling for the replacement of the presiding judges in the case, since it has […]

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Jul 11, 2012

It’s Not My Fight

By Wael Eskandar

Messages are flying around left and right, on the street, on television, on Twitter, Facebook and elsewhere on the internet. Some support President Mohamed Morsi’s decision to reinstate parliament and some are against it. From a distance, I watch the arguments in favour and those against, as though I’m watching a rally in a tennis […]

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Jul 10, 2012

Egypt’s Islamist President Aims to Guarantee Powers Through Majority in Government

By Reem Abdellatif

When Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi announced on Sunday that he would issue a decree to reinstate parliament, his goal was not just to reel in his presidential authorities from the military, but to secure his campaign promises, according to sources close to the newly elected president. Like any president who belongs to a certain political party, […]

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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.