Reactions to Islamist President Mohamed Morsi's recent power grab and now a planned constitutional referendum reached a new high Sunday after Egypt's top court suspended all work indefinitely to protest "psychological pressures," and judges said they will not supervise the upcoming vote.
"The judges of the Supreme Constitutional Court have no choice but to declare to the great Egyptian people that they are unable to perform their sacred mission in light of the current charged situation," the state-run MENA news agency quoted the court as saying in a statement on Sunday.
The court's move came after supporters of Morsi, who is from the Muslim Brotherhood, forced judges to postpone significant rulings, including on the legitimacy of the body responsible to draft the country's constitution, and on whether to dissolve the upper house of parliament. Read more
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