Aswat Masriya (Cairo)

Egypt: New Decree Does Not Restore Parliament - Presidential Spokesman

Photo: Khaled Moussa al-Omrani/IPS.
Morsi supporters celebrating his victory in Cairo's Tahrir Square. (file photo)

"The new constitutional declaration does not restore the dissolved People's Assembly," presidential spokesman Yasser Ali told al-Jazeera Mubasher Misr channel on Thursday.

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