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| Sisi names first Christian as president of Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court |
| 2022-02-10 |
| [AlAhram] gypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on Tuesday issued a decree appointing the first ever Coptic Christian as president of the country's Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC). Judge Bolis Fahmy Eskandar Bolis, 65,will take over from Said Maree Mohammed Gad starting Wednesday, according to the official gazette. Bolis is set to take the oath before the president shortly. Gad, 67, was sent to retirment under a presidential decree reportdely over health issues Bolis served as the vice president of the SCC in 2010 and then as president of the Cairo Court of Cassation until he was reappointed as the vice president of the SCC in 2014. The SCC is the country’s autonomous and independent judicial authority in charge of ensuring that the domestic laws and regulations are in line with the constitution. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 Thank you for posting this! You are very welcome indeed, Tom. I’ve been very happy to watch the the series of reports on the subject over the past several years — not at all what I expected from any Egyptian government, let alone one led by a man known for Muslim piety. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2022-02-10 21:41 |
| #3 This guy I"ll tell ya. "I want to use my influence to install Mohamed Morsi as leader for life of Egypt." "Roll against Charisma." -d20 roll, gets a 1- "Morsi is overthrown in a Military Coup. Abdel El-Sissi is installed." |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-02-10 18:56 |
| #2 You think this would have happened under the Muslim Brotherhood? /rhet question |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-02-10 15:45 |
| #1 Wonderful news from the Middle East. Thank you for posting this! |
| Posted by: Tom 2022-02-10 11:35 |