Sentence examples for interim constitutional declaration from inspiring English sources

Wishing to ensure that the constituent assembly could finish drafting the new constitution, the president issued an interim constitutional declaration granting himself far-reaching powers.

The response to Mr Morsi's August decrees was by and large favourable, but there was widespread anger on 22 November when, with the Islamist-dominated constituent assembly tasked with writing a new constitution was on the brink of collapse, the president issued an interim constitutional declaration granting himself far-reaching powers.

An interim constitutional declaration was issued on March 30 , 2011 by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (Egypt's interim military government).

On 17 June, the Scaf issued an interim constitutional declaration that gave it all legislative powers until a new parliament was elected.

Two weeks earlier, the then ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (Scaf) had issued an interim constitutional declaration amending the 30 March 2011 declaration promulgated following the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak.

Now, whoever wins, the military council will hold powers that can all but paralyze the president if it chooses under the interim constitutional declaration issued Sunday just after polls closed.

The dissolution of the Muslim Brotherhood-led People's Assembly by the Egyptian Supreme Constitutional Court on June 14 and the interim military government's surprise constitutional declaration on June 17, which stripped the presidency of much of its authority, raised new questions about the interim government's willingness to cede power to elected officials.

The timetable for new elections, announced in a constitutional declaration by interim President Adly Mansour on Monday evening, laid out plans to set up a panel to amend the suspended constitution within 15 days.

On March 30 the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces issued a constitutional declaration, intended to serve as an interim constitution in place of the constitution that was suspended in February.

But when the generals who seized power after Mr. Mubarak left office issued a "constitutional declaration" for the interim government, they bowed to a surge in national pride and also barred candidates with a parent who held citizenship in any other country even if both parents were also citizens of Egypt.

A president does not have the power to abrogate a constitution, even a temporary one; Morsi should have remained committed to the constitutional declaration and to constitutional legitimacy.