Council of State rejects proposed law to give president power to appoint judicial council heads

The Egyptian Council of State (Maglis El Dowla) rejected a draft law from the House of Representatives’ Constitutional and Legislative Committee that sought to grant the president the power to appoint the heads of the State Lawsuits Authority, the Court of Cassation, and the Maglis itself, Ahram Online reported. The Judges Club — made up of the aforementioned judicial authorities — said in a statement back in December that the proposed law violated the separation of powers between the branches of government.