Hatem Bagato, head of the commissioners at the Supreme Constitutional Court, said the court's general assembly selected Maher al-Beheiry to succeed its president, Farouk Sultan, when his term ends on 30 June. Beheiry, who was Sultan's first deputy, was chosen by consensus from among the court's three longest-serving deputies, Bagato told Al-Masry Al-Youm. The assembly decision will be ratified by either Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi or the country's new president, Bagato said. Beheiry was selected according to Law 43/2011, Bagato said. Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
