It was an interim order".
Rights groups denounced the interim cabinet's decree as a new provocation to violence.
Afghanistan's interim leader issued a decree yesterday banning the cultivation of opium poppies, reviving a struggle previously waged by the Taliban against Afghanistan's most lucrative crop, United Nations officials reported.
Two weeks before June 30, their promised date to hand over power, the generals instead shut down the democratically elected and Islamist-led Parliament; took over its powers to make laws and set budgets; decreed an interim Constitution stripping the incoming president of most of his powers; and reimposed martial law by authorizing soldiers to arrest civilians.
(Reuters) - Egypt will hold new parliamentary elections once amendments to its suspended constitution are approved in a referendum, the interim head of state decreed on Monday, setting out a timeframe that could see a legislative vote in about six months.
The Egyptian military's recognition of Mr. Morsi, while symbolically important, does not rescind the military's decree of an interim constitution stripping the new president of most of his power, several analysts said.
Because he led an interim government, installed by congressional decree at the peak of the crisis in January 2002 after President Fernando de la Rúa resigned, Mr. Duhalde postponed many decisions on pressing economic and social issues.
The interim president will rule by decree.
Indeed, the interim Egyptian cabinet recently issued a decree criminalizing demonstrations, on the ground that they disrupt the economy, and two protesters in the square were killed last weekend by security forces.
The make-up of the interim administration was broadcast in a decree on national radio.
In a decree issued by outgoing interim president Adly Mansour, sexual harassment is now a crime punishable by up to five years in jail.
