Egypt's Court of Cassation announced on Wednesday that it would go on strike until President Mohamed Morsi rescinds a decree expanding his powers and rendering his decisions immune from judicial review. The court said it would ‘suspend all work until the constitutional declaration issued by President Mohamed Morsi last Thursday is rescinded,’ the official MENA news agency reported. The move pushes Morsi further into a corner, after crowds poured into the streets on Tuesday to denounce what they saw as a dictatorial decree.
Earlier the Supreme Constitutional Court accused Morsi of an unjustified attack on its independence when he gave his reasons for issuing last Thursday's constitutional declaration.
‘There was an attack against the court, false information was circulated about it... ,’ its head Maher al-Beheiry said.
JUDICIARY REJECTS MUBARAK PLEA
Egyptian judiciary has rejected a request made for transfering country’s former president Hosni Mubarak from prison hospital to a military hospital, Xinhua reported. Mubarak and his former interior minister Habib al-Adli are serving life sentence in prison over charge of ordering to kill protesters during the uprising last year.
Earlier the Supreme Constitutional Court accused Morsi of an unjustified attack on its independence when he gave his reasons for issuing last Thursday's constitutional declaration.
‘There was an attack against the court, false information was circulated about it... ,’ its head Maher al-Beheiry said.
JUDICIARY REJECTS MUBARAK PLEA
Egyptian judiciary has rejected a request made for transfering country’s former president Hosni Mubarak from prison hospital to a military hospital, Xinhua reported. Mubarak and his former interior minister Habib al-Adli are serving life sentence in prison over charge of ordering to kill protesters during the uprising last year.