Mubarak-appointed court orders Egypt parliament to dissolve

June 14, 2012 by legitgov

Mubarak-appointed court orders Egypt parliament to dissolve --Senior Muslim Brotherhood leader and lawmaker Mohammed el-Beltagy said the rulings amounted to a 'full-fledged coup.' 14 Jun 2012 Egypt's highest [kangaroo] court on Thursday ordered the country's Islamist-dominated parliament dissolved and ruled that the last prime minister to serve under Hosni Mubarak could stay in the presidential race, twin blows to the Muslim Brotherhood that could sweep away its political gains since Mubarak's ouster 16 months ago. The rulings by the Supreme Constitutional Court, whose judges are Mubarak appointees, escalated the power struggle between the Brotherhood and the military, which stepped in to rule after Mubarak's fall.