Egypt's legislative elections in doubt after court ruling

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Cairo, Jumada I 10, 1436, Mar 1, 2015, SPA -- Egypt's parliamentary elections, scheduled to start onMarch 21, looked set to be postponed Sunday after the country's topcourt struck down an electoral law, dpa reported. President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi ordered the government to redraft thelaw setting out parliamentary constituency boundaries within onemonth, after the Supreme Constitutional Court ruled that the law didnot respect the constitutional principle of equal representation. The electoral commission said it would decide a new timetable for theparliamentary elections once the revised law was issued. --SPA 20:50 LOCAL TIME 17:50 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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