Egyptian Supreme Council of Justice to supervise constitution referendum
Updated: 2012-12-04 00:15
(Xinhua)
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CAIRO - Egyptian Supreme Council of Justice announced Monday that it will delegate its judges and prosecution members to supervise the constitution referendum scheduled on December 15, state-run Nile TV reported.
The council's announcement replied a document submitted by the head of Supreme Elections Committee Samir Aboul Maati, which was to demand the delegation of judges and prosecution members to supervise the constitution referendum.
"The council accepted to delegate the judges and prosecution members to watch the referendum in the whole governorates," secretary general of the council, Mohamed Mahgoub, said in a statement.
Egyptian presidency spokesman Yesser Ali said President Mohamed Morsi had talked with members from the Judicial council for over an hour before the decision was issued, according to official MENA news agency.
The council's move came one day after the Egyptian Judges' Club agreed on boycotting the supervision on the constitution referendum, protesting the constitutional declaration issued by Morsi last month.
During a meeting on Saturday at the Cairo International Conference Center with the 85 members of the beleaguered Constituent Assembly, which approved the draft constitution Friday after a 17-hour marathon vote, Morsi called Egyptians to cast their votes in the coming constitution referendum.
Morsi issued on November 22 a new constitutional declaration which rules that all laws, decrees and constitutional declarations issued by the president since he came into office on June 30 are final and unchallengeable by any body.
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