Mes: septiembre 2019

(CBS/AP) CAIRO – Egypt’s official news agency said the country’s top generals are holding an “emergency meeting” to discuss the surprise decision by the president to recall the dissolved, Islamist-dominated parliament. The Middle East News Agency said the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces that comprises top military chiefs was meeting Sunday to “review and discuss the consequences” of President Mohammed Morsi’s decision earlier today. Morsi on Sunday ordered the country’s Islamist-dominated parliament to reconvene in defiance of a military decree dissolving the legislature last month following a court ruling that a third of its members were illegally elected, the state news agency reported. The decree by Morsi, a longtime Muslim Brotherhood member and Egypt’s first democratically-elected president, also called for new parliamentary elections to be held within 60 days of the adoption of a new constitution for the country, which is not expected before late this year. More in After the Arab Spring The surprise move by Morsi will almost certainly lead to a clash with the powerful generals who formally handed power to him on June 30 after spending 16 months at the nation’s helm following the ouster of Hosni Mubarak in a popular uprising. Mohammed Morsi sworn in as Egypt’s presidentDefying military, Egypt’s Morsi takes symbolic oathEgypt’s presidential election doesn’t end fight with military Morsi came to power after narrowly defeating Mubarak’s last prime minister, Ahmed...