Egypt's dissolved Parliament convenes, defying court ruling
Egyptian supporters of the military council who do not support the newly elected Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, hold up his portrait as a woman uses a shoe to hit it, during a protest against the reinstatement of the parliament in front of the tomb of the late president Anwar al-Sadaat in Cairo, yesterday. Photo: Khaled Desouki
Egypt's Islamist-dominated parliament convened today in defiance of the powerful military and the judiciary, following a decree by newly-elected President Mohamed Morsi to reinstate the assembly.
"We are gathered today to review the court rulings, the ruling of the Supreme Constitutional Court," which ordered the court invalid, speaker Saad al-Katatni said.
"I want to stress, we are not contradicting the ruling, but looking at a mechanism for the implementation of the ruling of the respected court. There is no other agenda today," he added.
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