Official Gazette – Issue No. 9 (bis) March 1, 2015
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The lawsuit was considered as illustrated in the minutes of the session and the SCC
decided to rule thereon in today’s session.
Court
Having reviewed relevant documents and conducted appropriate deliberations;
Based on the lawsuit and other relevant documents, the plaintiff had previously filed
lawsuit 24178 for the Judicial Year 69 before the Administrative Court of the State
Council against the head of HEC, originally requesting to formally accept the lawsuit
and requesting to suspend the enforcement of Decree # 1/2015 issued by the
respondent inviting voters whose names are registered on the voter database for the
election of the HoR members, with the ensuing consequences, particularly obliging
the respondent to issue the Executive Regulations of Law 45 of 2014, and to issue a
new decree inviting voters to vote, including dates for nomination for HoR election,
third: refer the entire lawsuit to the Supreme Constitutional Court to decide on the
constitutionality of laws 45, 46 and 202/2014, or permit the plaintiff to file a
constitutional lawsuit appealing it, fourth: repeal the contested decision. The plaintiff
claims that the contested decree violates the provisions of the Constitution and the
law. In the 3/2/2015 session, the court decided to postpone hearing the case to the
10/2/2015 session, permitting the plaintiff to file constitutional lawsuit within 48
hours challenging the constitutionality of Article (25) of the Law Regulating the
Exercise of Political Rights, Article (10) of the HoR Law, and Law 202/2014 on the
division of HoR election constituencies, the plaintiff filed the current lawsuit.
Whereas Article (25) of the Law Regulating the Exercise of Political Rights issued by
Presidential Decree by Law 45 of 2014 states that “the maximum election campaign
spending per candidate in the individual system shall be set at EGP 500,000 setting
the maximum limit for re-run spending at EGP 200,000.
The two mentioned limits shall be doubled for every 15 candidates included on one
list”.
Article (10) of the HoR Law issued by Presidential Decree Law 46/2014 stipulates
that “HoR candidates shall, in constituencies designated for individual election
system, submit their HoR candidacy application to the election committee of the
governorate where the person chooses to run, within the period specified by the High
Elections Committee, provided it is no less than five days from the date of opening
the door to application.
The candidacy application should be accompanied by the following documents:
A statement including the candidate’s curriculum vitae, particularly the candidate’s
education and work experience.
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Receipt that proves the deposit of EGP 3,000 with the treasury of the concerned
primary court as insurance
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