Salma Shukrallah and Bel Trew

Return of Egypt People's Assembly Dogged by Legal, Constitutional Ambiguity

The People's Assembly, the lower house of Egypt's parliament, is due to meet within hours, following a surprise Sunday decree issued by newly-inaugurated President Mohamed Morsi calling for the reinstatement of the dissolved assembly and for fresh legislative polls within sixty days of the ratification of a new constitution. As the decree has been published in the official Egyptian Gazette, it is considered legally binding. Many observers see Morsi's move as the opening ...