(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Newly-elected Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi continues selecting his cabinet members, as protests against the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) go on.
The Egyptian president began working on the formation of his government shortly after he moved to his new office in the presidential palace in Cairo on Monday.
Morsi has already met with former Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri and the country’s military officials.
Protests have been going on since the junta dissolved the parliament dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood earlier this month. It also took control of the state budget and gave itself veto power on a new constitution, making the new president almost powerless through a recent constitutional declaration.
Yesterday, Egypt's administrative court suspended a controversial decree passed by the Justice Ministry that allows the ruling military to arrest civilians.
The ruling comes after the court in question reviewed an appeal filed by 17 rights groups against the decree passed on June 13.
Also, in the early hours of Tuesday, ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak’s last Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq, who lost the June runoff to Morsi, flew to the United Arab Emirates just after a probe had been launched into his handling of funds under the former regime.
On Sunday, after days of delay, the Supreme Presidential Electoral Commission announced Morsi as the winner of the county’s presidential runoff. Morsi picked up 13.2 million votes out of just over 26 million.
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The Egyptian president began working on the formation of his government shortly after he moved to his new office in the presidential palace in Cairo on Monday.
Morsi has already met with former Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri and the country’s military officials.
Protests have been going on since the junta dissolved the parliament dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood earlier this month. It also took control of the state budget and gave itself veto power on a new constitution, making the new president almost powerless through a recent constitutional declaration.
Yesterday, Egypt's administrative court suspended a controversial decree passed by the Justice Ministry that allows the ruling military to arrest civilians.
The ruling comes after the court in question reviewed an appeal filed by 17 rights groups against the decree passed on June 13.
Also, in the early hours of Tuesday, ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak’s last Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq, who lost the June runoff to Morsi, flew to the United Arab Emirates just after a probe had been launched into his handling of funds under the former regime.
On Sunday, after days of delay, the Supreme Presidential Electoral Commission announced Morsi as the winner of the county’s presidential runoff. Morsi picked up 13.2 million votes out of just over 26 million.
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