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6:37 PM - - PublicUS 'troubled' by Egyptian court annulling parliament
WASHINGTON: The United States is "troubled" that Egypt's top court has ordered parliament to be dissolved, and is studying the implications of the move, the State Department said Friday.
"We are troubled by the court ruling yesterday that will effectively dissolve a democratically elected parliament," department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told ...
Expand this post »WASHINGTON: The United States is "troubled" that Egypt's top court has ordered parliament to be dissolved, and is studying the implications of the move, the State Department said Friday.
"We are troubled by the court ruling yesterday that will effectively dissolve a democratically elected parliament," department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told ...
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(CNN) -- Egypt's tumultuous political process took another dramatic turn Thursday when its Supreme Constitutional Court effectively dissolved parliament, ruling that the election of one-third of its members last year was unconstitutional. The court also ruled that former Prime Minister Ahmed ...
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6:26 PM (edited) - PublicEgypt’s military rulers formally dissolved Parliament Friday, state media reported, and security forces were stationed around the building on orders to bar anyone, including lawmakers, from entering the chambers without official notice. The developments further escalated tensions over court rulings on Thursday that invalidated modern Egypt’s first democratically elected legislature. Coming on the eve of a presidential runoff this weekend, they thrust the nation’s troubled transition to democracy into grave doubt. The rulings recalled events that have played out across the region for decades, when secular elites have cracked down on Islamists poised for electoral gains, most famously when the dissolution of Algeria’s Islamist-led Parliament started a civil war 20 years ago.
