CAIRO, Egypt. - The Egyptian judicial body recommends the country's Supreme Court overturn two laws that will significantly affect Egypt's transition from Mubarak's government to the new one.
The first law in concern is one that would allow ex-president Hosni Mubarak's prime minister, Ahmed Shafiq, to stand for election during the up-coming presidential elections. Shafiq is one of the fore-runners. He is up against the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Mursi.
The second recommendation by the body deals with countermanding certain electoral laws, which might result in the dissolving of the current parliament, which is dominated by an Islamist rule.
The Egyptian news agency, MENA reported that "the report of the commissioners of the Supreme Constitutional Court concluded that the provisions of the law of parliament are unconstitutional... The report also concluded that the law of political isolation (affecting Shafiq) is also unconstitutional since it punishes the individual only on the basis of assuming public office and not evidence of political corruption," as reported by Reuters.
Although the recommendations of the judicial body, the commissioners of the Supreme Court, are not legally binding, it usually "is an indication of how the court might rule," according to Reuters.
The court is scheduled to make its rulings by June 14, according to Reuters. Mubarak appointed farouk Soltan, heads the current Supreme Court as well as the presidential electoral committee.
The runoff elections are expected to take place later this month. With the end of the 60-year-Mubarak regime, Egypt is heading for a crucial transition, with all eyes from the international community anxiously waiting to see what will happen.
