Egyptian Court Decision Over Who Makes New Constitution Causes Activists’ Protest

Egyptian activists chant slogans and carry banners in Arabic that read, “the constituent assembly has no legitimacy,” following the High Administrative Court’s session in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. An Egyptian court on Tuesday has referred the decision on whether to disband the panel writing the new constitution to the country’s highest court, in a new twist that would linger dispute over the panel and set stage for a show down between Islamists and court’s secular judges.

Court security evacuate Islamists who support the constituent assembly, as they chant God is Great, following the High Administrative Court’s session in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. <AP Photo/Nasser Nasser>