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Cairo Court of Appeal has issued a verdict overturning President Mohamed Morsi’s decision to dismiss former prosecutor general, Abdel Meguid Mahmoud, and appoint Talaa’t Abdallah in his place.
The Administrative Judicial Court ruled on Tuesday Morsi’s decision is out of its jurisdiction and referred the case to the Court of Appeal, which issued its verdict few minutes ago.
Mahmoud refused to comment on the verdict, explaining that he has just found out about it and that he needs to study the verdict before giving any statements to the press.
Morsi’s decision was part of the constitutional declaration he issued on 22 November 2012, which was strongly criticised by opposition and legal groups.
