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 Dr. Hanafy Aly Gebaly, Mohamed Abdul Aziz
Alshenawy, Essayed Abdul Moneim Hashish, Mohamed khairy Taha Alnajjar, Dr.
Adel Omar Sherif and Paul Fahmy Eskander …………………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. 16 for the Judicial Year 37 “Constitutional” listed in the Supreme
Constitutional Court (SCC) Roll between the following litigants:
Plaintiff
Mr. Gamal Aly Zahran
Defendants
1- President of the republic
2- The Prime minister
3- HEC Head
Proceedings
On fifth of February 2015, the plaintiff filed this declaration in court clerks,
requesting judgment against the unconstitutionality of the provisions of Articles (4),
(6), (10) of the HoR law issued by Presidential Decree Law No. 46/ 2014, and
Presidential Decree Law No. 202/2014 on the Boundary Delimitation for the House of
Representatives Elections.
The State Lawsuit Authority submitted a memorandum requesting originally: rule not
to accept the case for the absence of capacity and interest. And as alternate: not to
accept the case for the text of the second paragraph of Article (6) of the House of
representatives law referred to, and otherwise dismiss the case.
Having prepared the lawsuit, the Board of Commissioners submitted a report stating
the opinion thereof.