CAIRO: General Mamdouh Shahin, one of the members of the ruling military council in Egypt rejected suggestions that military judiciary cases should be transferred to civilian courts, describing the demand as “nonsense”. “Military tribunals have been recognized by earlier Egyptian constitutions,” Shahin said today, during a Parliament session that discussed a bill to amend the law on the military judiciary. Shahin argued that Parliament has already amended the military judiciary law to allow citizens the right of appeal. The general told members of Parliament that the SCAF is considering the cancellation of Article 6 of the military judiciary law, which allows the country's president to refer civilians to military tribunals. “We, however, preferred to wait until the Parliament was elected so as to discuss it with MPs,” he said.
