国际英语新闻:Egyptian president orders dissolved parliament to resume work

CAIRO, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday ordered the dissolved parliament to resume work, state media reported.

According to the presidential decree, new parliamentary elections will be held within 60 days after the country's new constitution is approved by a public referendum and the new law on the People's Assembly fixed, official MENA news agency reported.

The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces held on Sunday an urgent meeting under its head Hussein Tantawi to discuss the repercussions of the presidential decree on the resumption of parliamentary work, the agency said in a separate report.

The Supreme Constitutional Court ruled on June 14 the People's Assembly (lower house of parliament) null and void as some articles of the parliament election law were unconstitutional. The then-ruling military council ordered its dissolution in line with the verdict and resumed legislative powers.

However, the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and other Islamists have rejected the dissolution of parliament.

Morsi, from the MB's Freedom and Justice Party, was sworn in as Egyptian president on June 30 before the Supreme Constitutional Court. The military council, which took over power on Feb.11, 2011 after the resignation of ex-president Hosni Mubarak, transferred power to the newly-elected president.