CAIRO: Egypt’s state television has reported that the country’s recently elected parliament will be dissolved entirely, after the country’s High Constitutional Court ruled that one-third of seats were elected unconstitutionally.
The ruling puts into question the constituent assembly only this week formed to draft a new constitution, laws passed by the parliament since it took power in January.
The MPs removed had won seats as “independents” in November/December voting.
The court also ruled that the “Azl”, or political isolation, law was unconstitutional much to the anger of hundreds of activists who had stationed themselves at the court early on Thursday chanting “void, void” in calling for the law, passed by parliament in April, to be implemented and a new presidential election be held.
The ruling means former President Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister, Ahmed Shafiq, can run in Saturday and Sunday’s presidential run-off against Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi.
Acting as the country’s executive power, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) amended the parliamentary elections law several times.
At issue is the last amendment, which reversed an earlier stipulation that parties could not compete for single-winner seats in the elections that began last fall.
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