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Egypt army issues new constitutional document: state TV
by Staff Writers
Cairo (AFP) June 17, 2012

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Egypt's ruling military council has issued an amended constitutional declaration, Egypt's state television reported on Sunday, as polls in the country's key presidential run-off closed.

Citing a military source, state television announced the issuance of the document, which is expected to hand the council legislative power and budgetary oversight after a court ruling declared the elected parliament invalid.

The new document was not immediately available, but a military source earlier described elements of it to AFP, saying article 56 would be amended to give legislative powers and the state budget to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces that took control of the country after Egypt's 2011 uprising.

SCAF had in January handed legislative power to parliament, but on Thursday Egypt's constitutional court effectively annulled the body, ruling that a third of its members had been elected illegally.

The amended document, which replaces an original document issued in March 2011, is also expected to include a new version of article 60, which deals with the formation of the constituent assembly that will draft Egypt's permanent constitution.

A new panel was recently picked by the parliament following its earlier dissolution amid accusations of an Islamist monopoly.

Article 30 of the declaration will also be amended to say that the new president will be sworn in before the Supreme Constitutional Court instead of by the lower house of parliament, the source told AFP.

Full details of the amended declaration are to be announced at a military press conference on Monday, state television said.

Egypt's Freedom and Justice Party, the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, has rejected the constitutional court ruling ordering parliament dissolved.

Parliamentary speaker Saad al-Katatni, an FJP member, said on Sunday he had told members of the ruling military council he rejected any attempt to retake legislative power on the basis of the court ruling or a new constitutional document.

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Egypt army retakes legislative power: document
Cairo (AFP) June 18, 2012 - Egypt's ruling military council on Sunday issued an amended constitutional document handing it sweeping powers, including legislative control, after a court ruled the elected parliament invalid.

The document, a copy of which was seen by AFP, was issued as polls closed in a key presidential run-off pitting the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Mursi against former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq.

The document amends a constitutional declaration issued in March 2011, after Egypt's uprising. It also states that no vote to elect a new parliament can be held until a permanent constitution is written.

And it effectively grants the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces in control of the country veto rights over the text of any new constitution.

Egypt's Islamist-dominated parliament was elected in a drawn-out process between November 2011 and January 2012. SCAF handed power to the new parliament in January.

But on Thursday, Egypt's constitutional court effectively annulled the body, ruling that a third of its members had been elected illegally, and the military subsequently informed the body that it considered it dissolved.

Before the court ruling, the parliament had selected a constituent assembly, replacing an earlier group that had been disbanded amid accusations of an Islamist monopoly.

It was not immediately clear if that replacement assembly would be allowed to proceed with its work, or be replaced with a new grouping.

The Freedom and Justice Party, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, which dominated the dissolved parliament, has already rejected any attempt by the military to retake legislative power.

And earlier on Sunday, parliament speaker and FJP member Saad al-Katatni warned against the issuing of an amended constitutional document that sought to strip the parliament of power.



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