Cairo: Egypt constitutional court has ruled the whole Islamist-dominated parliament illegitimate, media reported on Thursday.
According to reports, the constitutional court affirmed in the details of its verdict that the parliamentary elections were not constitutional, and the entire composition of parliament has been illegitimate since its election.
The explanation was confirmed to The AP by one of the court’s judges, Maher Sami Youssef. The ruling means that new elections for the entire parliament will have to be held.
Members of the ruling military council were in a meeting and did not immediately issue a statement. But a military source said the court decision gave the military legislative powers.
“We don’t want it (the power) but according to the court decision and that law, it reverts back to us,” the source said, according to AFP.
Meanwhile, the head of the constitutional court Farouk Sultan told Reuters by telephone that the ruling means that the whole of the lower house of Egypt’s parliament (People’s Assembly) will be dissolved and a new election will have to be held.
“The ruling regarding parliament includes the dissolution of the lower house of parliament in its entirety because the law upon which the elections were held is contrary to rules of the constitution,” he said after the ruling was issued.
Speaking two days before another election to pick a new president, Sultan said the ruling was binding on all institutions of state, adding that it would be up to the executive to call for the new election that he said would take place.
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