The Judges’ Club – a prestigious body representing Egyptian judges – will convene a press conference on Tuesday to declare its stance on a new constitutional decree issued on Saturday by President Mohamed Mursi.<\/p>\n
Ahmed al-Zind, who heads the Club, said that the stance of Egypt’s judiciary will become clear after local branches have declared their separate positions, reported the Middle East News Agency.<\/p>\n
The Judges’ Club had announced an open strike following Mursi’s November 22 decree which they feared disregarded the country’s judiciary.<\/p>\n
The November 22 decree had put Mursi’s decisions above judicial review.<\/p>\n
In a new decree on Saturday, Mursi rescinded that move, but instead put his constitutional declarations above judicial oversight.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Judges’ Club – a prestigious body representing Egyptian judges – will convene a press conference on Tuesday to declare its stance on a new constitutional decree issued on Saturday by President Mohamed Mursi. Ahmed al-Zind, who heads the Club, said that the stance of Egypt’s judiciary will become clear after local branches have declared […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-business"],"yoast_head":"\n