CAIRO — An Egyptian court suspended the country's upcoming parliamentary elections on Tuesday, following an earlier Supreme Constitutional Court ruling deeming laws regulating the vote unconstitutional. The decision by Judge Yahia Dakrouri of the Administrative Court was expected after the high court's ruling last week. The country's election committee later will set a new date for the vote. The Supreme Constitutional Court's ruling declared the law defining voting districts unconstitutional. The government is working on amending the law. The Supreme Election Committee said in a statement earlier that it is setting up a new timetable for elections whenever the law is ready. It was not clear how long it will take for the amendments to be written, but voting for a new parliament is expected to be delayed for at least several weeks. The parliamentary vote initially was set to take place in phases beginning on March 22. Egypt has not had an elected legislature since 2012, when the Supreme Constitutional Court ruled that parliament's lower chamber was not constitutionally elected. The first two steps of the transition were the adoption of a new constitution by referendum in 2014 and a presidential election, which former army chief Abdel-Fattah El-Sissi handily won. — AP
