The first session of Egypt's Shura authority legislation
Egyptian Shura Council began Wednesday afternoon its first meeting after the completion of his squad to appoint one third of its members, and after the signing of President Mohamed Morsi enforcement decree of the new constitution of the country following the announcement of the Supreme Commission for Elections approval of the people in the referendum by almost 64%.
The legislature officially moved from Mercy President - where handled since August 12 / August last under the constitutional declaration issued by this date - to the Shura Council until the election of the Council of Representatives.
Today's meeting will be procedural, during which the designated third of Members oath to defend our Constitution, also will announce pay the current بتشكيلته Council legislative power temporarily and received from the President of the Republic.
The President has appointed ninety new member of the Council, including 12 Copts, but the majority remained after these appointments for the Islamic-oriented parties.
The two-thirds of the members elected Shura composed of 270 member elections held in February / February, and received Freedom and Justice party offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood on 103 seats, followed by the Salafi Nour Party, which won 41 seats.
For his part, member of the appointed Shura professor of constitutional law d. Jamal Jibril, that the Council will carry out four laws is the law of the House of Representatives and political rights law and municipal law and the law of the Shura Council, which has become a partner legislative power under the new constitution.
Jibril confirmed, in an interview to the island, that the laws will be discussed in the national dialogue sessions, which predicted that involving the Salvation Front opposition early next week, before it is put in the Shura for a relative consensus among the political parties.
Jibril confirmed the existence of four laws Shura should be completed soon (Island)
Poll Results
The Supreme Commission for Elections announced Tuesday evening the final results of the referendum that took place in two phases, having considered in some appeals and overturned a number of sub-committees.
The Committee stressed that the referendum turnout about 33% of the total voters, or about 17 million voters. And the voice of more than ten million of them "yes" to the Constitution, which represents the proportion of 63.8%, while the voice of more than six million voters to "not" any rate of 36.2%.
He has denied the Chairman of the Committee adviser Samir Abou El-Maati accusations by some opponents about the lack of supervision of the judges on all polling stations, saying "the Commission confirms that the referendum process was under full judicial supervision."
At the same time, acknowledged Abou El-Maati excluding the results of some committees supervised by staff from the newly appointed State Litigation Authority (one of the judicial bodies) who did not perform legal right, which did not yet acquired the membership of this body.
The results had been excluded for other committees, did not specify the number, either because of lack of integrity of the electoral process or because they closed before the deadline.
The referendum was conducted through an atmosphere of tension on 15 and 22 December / December, after weeks of demonstrations by supporters and opponents, sometimes ended in violence.
