Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt
The Supreme Constitutional Court ( Arabic المحكمة الدستورية العليا, DMG al-Maḥkama ad-Dustūrīya al-ʿUlyā ) is a judicial organ of the Republic of Egypt . The Chairman of the Constitutional Court has been Adly Mansour since July 2013 .
The new constitution, drawn up by the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafists, reduced the position of the court and instead gave religious groups such as Azhar University greater power to control laws.
The seat of the Supreme Constitutional Court is Maadi , a suburb of the capital Cairo . The High Court was established in 1979 in the course of the democratization of the country by the President Anwar as-Sadat and replaced the Supreme Court , which was introduced ten years earlier by Gamal Abdel Nasser .
In 2003, President Hosni Mubarak appointed Judge Tahani al-Gebali , Vice-President of the Constitutional Court; she is the first woman to get the job. After the nationwide revolts from 2010 onwards , the constitutional court received numerous threats from religious groups such as the Islamist Freedom and Justice Party . During the protests in December 2012, the building of the court was surrounded by party supporters and the judges were prevented from doing their work. The Muslim Brotherhood even threatened the Constitutional Court with its abolition.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Egypt's highest constitutional court resumes work. Retrieved December 31, 2012 .
- ↑ a b Egypt: Constitutional judges complain about psychological assassinations. Retrieved December 31, 2012 .