12 Official Gazette – Issue No. 9 (bis) March 1, 2015 In the name of the people In its public session held on Sunday, 1 March 2015 A.D., corresponding to 10 Jumaada-ul-Awwal, 1436 A.H.; Under the chairmanship of Chancellor Anwar Rashad El-‘Assy ………… First VicePresident of the Court; In the membership of chancellors Dr. Hanafy Ali Gebaly, Mohamed Abdel Aziz AlShennawy, Mohamed Khairy Taha Al-Naggar, Saied Mar’ey Amr, Ragab AbdelHakim Selim and Boulus Fahmy Eskandar…………………………………VicePresidents of the Court; and In the presence of Chancellor Mahmoud Mohamed Ghoneim, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners, and Mohamed Nagy Abdel-Samee', Secretary; The Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) has hereby issued the following ruling: On lawsuit No. 15 for the Judicial Year 37 “Constitutional” listed in the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) Roll between the following litigants: Plaintiff Ibrahim Fekry Ibrahim. Defendants 1- President of the Republic; 2- The Prime Minister; 3- Head of the High Elections Commission (HEC). Proceedings On February 5, 2015, the plaintiff brought the present lawsuit before the SCC and requested that Article (25) of Presidential Decree Law #45/2014 on Regulating the Exercise of Political Rights, Article (10) of Presidential Decree Law #46/2014 on HoR and Presidential Decree Law #202/2014 on the Boundary Delimitation of HoR Elections be ruled unconstitutional. In this regard, the State Lawsuit Authority submitted one defense brief, originally requesting that the SCC refuse to accept the said lawsuit since filing such lawsuit would not be in the interest of the plaintiff and alternatively requesting that SCC reject the same. Having prepared the lawsuit, the Board of Commissioners submitted a report stating the opinion thereof.

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