ave two contradicting points of view about the future role of the HCC during a meeting of the assembly's judicial authority subcommittee. Minister Mekki said the HCC should no longer be referenced in an independent section in the new constitution. "It should be included in the chapter dealing with j

embers of HCC's board judicial immunity so that no one, including the president, can dismiss them from their jobs. Heated verbal exchanges between Mekki and the HCC's board of judges erupted last week. The justice minister sharply criticised the HCC's 15 June ruling which invalidated the People's A

ly restricted to supporters of the deep state and the existing institutions that are holdovers of the Mubarak era. The appointments of Al-Sisi and Mekki are no doubt intended to mollify such concerns. But Morsy will have to tread carefully in coming months. He was elected by a clear, but narrow, mar