The attempt of the new Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi to regain the powers that he was deprived of by the military even before taking office (see the material “Pemi-military semi-coup” in “Power” N25 of June 25, 2012) failed.

Early last week, President Morsi signed a decree convening parliament, and parliamentarians complied with it. (Recall that the Egyptian military dissolved the parliament, in which the Islamists had a majority, on the eve of the announcement of the results of the presidential elections.) The military did not in any way prevent the deputies from entering the parliament building and even holding a meeting there, which, however, lasted only a few minutes. During this time, only one decision was made - to appeal to the Court of Cassation with a demand to review the military decision to dissolve parliament. However, within a few hours, the Supreme Constitutional Court declared the president’s decree on convening a parliamentary meeting illegal, and at the same time spoke about the parliamentary resolution: deputies were reminded that the decisions of the Supreme Constitutional Court are “final and not subject to appeal.”

The President stuck to his guns