Official Gazette – Issue No. 9 (bis) March 1, 2015
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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 Abdel Wahab Abdel Razek, Mohamed Abdel Aziz
Al-Shenawy, Al-Sayed Abdel Moneim Hashish, Said Marei Amr, Boulos Fahmy
Eskandar, and Dr. Hemdan Hassan Fahmy………Vice-Presidents 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. 17 for the Judicial Year 37 “Constitutional” listed in the Supreme
Constitutional Court (SCC) Roll between the following litigants:
Plaintiff
Mr. Mohamed Ibrahim Amin El-Sayed, in his capacity as Secretary of Education and
Media at the Socialist Labor Party
Defendants
1- The President of the Republic, in his capacity
2- HEC Head, in his capacity
Proceedings
On February 5, 2015, the plaintiff had lodged an initiatory pleading to the Supreme
Constitutional Court clerk's office. The original claim bore on the nonconstitutionality of Laws 45 and 46 for 2014 issued by the Interim President of the
Republic during the tenure of the new President of the Republic. The alternative
claim bore on the unconstitutionality of Articles (2) and (4) of Law No. 46 for 2014
on the House of Representatives, and Articles (22) and (57) of law No. 45 for 2014
regulating the Exercise of Political Rights.
The State Lawsuit Authority has submitted a request to reject the original lawsuit and
refuse the alternative lawsuit.
Having prepared the lawsuit, the Board of Commissioners submitted a report stating
the opinion thereof.
The lawsuit was considered as illustrated in the minutes of the session during which
the plaintiff attended in person. He submitted a legal pleading and a document