EGYPT GOVERNMENT DELAYS DISSOLUTION OF BROTHERHOOD

Cairo, 19 Dhul Qa’ida 1434/25 September 2013 (MINA) – Egypt’s interim-government will postpone dissolving the Muslim Brotherhood until all litigation measures against members of the group are finalised, Minister of Social Solidarity Ahmed El-Borai stated Tuesday (24/9).

In remarks to reporters at the Cabinet headquarters, Borai added that the Ministry of Social Solidarity is forming a committee to manage the property of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt Independent reported as quoted by Mi’raj News Agency (MINA).

 For his part, Minister of Higher Education Hossam Eissa said the government would bear the expenses of all public university dormitories except those belonging to the Al-Azhar University.

Egyptian court on Monday (23/9) decided the biggest organization in Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood, as a banned organization,  showing such  bans  in the Mubarak era.

The ruling on Monday applies to the group, its NGO and “any organisation derived from it,” judges said.

Yet, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Legal Committee rejected as null and void the legal ruling to ban the group’s registered Association, affirming that the ban does not conform to the law and legal procedures.

“The verdict was issued by a court out of jurisdiction, and did not follow proper legal procedures that dictate the presence of both parties to the dispute before the court,” legal committee’s statement said.

The Committee further underscored that banning the Muslim Brotherhood Association is “a serious setback”, pointing that “everyone was talking about the importance of ‘legalizing’ the situation of the Muslim Brotherhood. Then, only months after registering the Association, we see this happening in an outrageously illegal manner, by a worthless invalid ruling”.(T/P03/P04)