The Administrative Court received 13 lawsuits on Saturday calling for the cancelation of President Mohamed Morsy’s constitutional declaration.
The identities of the individuals and groups filing the lawsuits were still unknown, but all of the suits alleged that the declaration was illegal, saying that any such decisions need to be put to public referendum under judicial supervision.
The lawsuits also accused Morsy of abusing his power, saying that presidential decisions can be challenged by administrative courts and that making such decisions immune from judicial review cannot happen without dissolving the State Council and the Supreme Constitutional Court.
All of the lawsuits further allege that the declaration violates all constitutional rules and ignores the public interest at the expense of narrow political and sectarian concerns.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
