Egyptian president orders dissolved parliament to resume work

 CAIRO, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday ordered the dissolved parliament to resume work, state media reported.

According to the presidential decree, new parliamentary elections will be held within 60 days after the country's new constitution is approved by a public referendum and the new law on the People's Assembly fixed¹, official MENA news agency reported.

The Supreme² Council of the Armed Forces held on Sunday an urgent meeting under its head Hussein Tantawi to discuss the repercussions³ of the presidential decree on the resumption of parliamentary work, the agency said in a separate report.

The Supreme Constitutional Court ruled on June 14 the People's Assembly (lower house of parliament) null and void as some articles of the parliament election law were unconstitutional. The then-ruling military council ordered its dissolution in line with the verdict and resumed legislative⁴ powers.

However, the Muslim Brotherhood⁵ (MB) and other Islamists have rejected the dissolution of parliament.

Morsi, from the MB's Freedom and Justice Party, was sworn in as Egyptian president on June 30 before the Supreme Constitutional Court. The military council, which took over power on Feb.11, 2011 after the resignation of ex-president Hosni Mubarak, transferred power to the newly-elected president.

1 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

2 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

3 repercussions   

n.后果，反响( repercussion的名词复数 )；余波

参考例句：

• The collapse of the company will have repercussions for the whole industry. 这家公司的垮台将会给整个行业造成间接的负面影响。
• Human acts have repercussions far beyond the frontiers of the human world. 人类行为所产生的影响远远超出人类世界的范围。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 legislative   

n.立法机构，立法权；adj.立法的，有立法权的

参考例句：

• Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.国会是美国政府的立法部门。
• Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。

5 brotherhood   

n.兄弟般的关系，手中情谊

参考例句：

• They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
• They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。