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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.