“The Constitutional Court does not have the power to dissolve the parliament. … it is the president who will decide when it is going to be dissolved and link it as he did to call for an election after 60 days after setting up the Constitution,” Ahmad Mousalli, Professor of Political Science at the American University in Beirut said on Friday.
The parliament, dominated by Muslim Brotherhood lawmakers, was dissolved by a military decision in line with a ruling by the Supreme Constitutional Court prior to the presidential elections in June.
Mousalli reiterated that even if the Constitutional Court doesn’t accept President Mohamed Morsi’s decree for the resumption of parliament, Morsi has challenged the power of the military council, “which is unconstitutional to begin with.”
The Egyptian president ordered for the resumption of dissolved parliament after he took power in presidential elections, but the military overturned Morsi’s decree.
However, the high court overturned Morsi’s decree, ruling that its decision was ‘binding’ and could not be challenged.
The military managed to manipulate a lot of issues including the constitutional declaration in order to give itself more power as well as budget, the analyst went on to say.
The parliament, dominated by Muslim Brotherhood lawmakers, was dissolved by a military decision in line with a ruling by the Supreme Constitutional Court prior to the presidential elections in June.
Under a constitutional declaration issued on June 17, the military assumed the legislative powers and the control over the country’s budget.
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