16 Official Journal – Issue No. 22 (bis) on 03 June 2013 for the country shall be subject to the monitoring of the constitutionality of parliamentary laws and decisions. The State Lawsuits Authority presented a memorandum of defense, in which it originally requested a verdict ruling that the CCA is not authorized to consider the lawsuit, and alternatively requested the rejection of the lawsuit since it does not meet the 'interest' requirement. The memorandum, as an alternative, also requested the rejection of the lawsuit as a whole. Once the lawsuit had been drawn up, the Board of Commissioners submitted a report presenting opinion thereof. The lawsuit was reviewed in the session dated 12/05/2013, in presence of Khaled Fouad Mohamed Hafez, the first plaintiff in the substantive lawsuit, who decided to settle the pendente in the present lawsuit as well as lawsuit no. 45931 of the judicial year 66 "administrative justice". The representative of the defendants has accepted such. Also, Alaa Samir Mahmoud was present and lodged a request asking that he be allowed to jointly intervene in the petition with the second plaintiff. The court decided to issue its ruling in today's session. Court: Having reviewed the paper and after deliberation. Whereas the facts – as seen after reviewing the referral ruling and the other papers – can be summed up that the 2 plaintiffs have filed lawsuit No. 45931/66 "Judicial Year" before Cairo Administrative Court against the defendants demanding to rule on the stay of execution of the challenged resolution together with the consequent effects, particularly suspending the proceedings of the election of the Constitution Constituent Assembly members, the annulment of all the resolutions following the challenged resolution and repealing it, based upon the fact that Cairo Administrative Court has previously issued its ruling on lawsuit No. 26657/66 "Judicial Year" in 10/4/2012 session on the stay of execution of the formation of the first CCA that was elected to prepare the new draft constitution of the country. Then, Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) once again called the members mentioned in article (60) of the constitutional declaration issued on 30 March 2011 to select the members of the new CCA. The second defendant has issued a resolution dated 7/6/2012 on starting receipt of CCA membership candidacy applications on 9-10/6/2012. People's Assembly has been called to convene an urgent session on 11/6/2012 to discuss the law on CCA formation standards. After the People's Assembly's approval during this session, the draft law has been sent to SCAF to be issued. The two defendants claimed that the resolution on starting receipt of CCA membership candidacy applications is null since it infringes the requisite of the previous ruling issued by the Administrative Court as well as issuing it before issuing the law regulating the election of CCA members and determining the condition that should be met in the candidates for its membership, so that the candidates qualified for such task shall be selected in accordance with specific rules and regulations that achieve equity and equal opportunities. While hearing the said lawsuit, the two plaintiffs claimed in 9/10/2012 session a stay of execution and then the annulment of the resolution issued in the joint meeting of the People's Assembly and Shura Council non-designated members dated 12/6/2012 on the

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