CAIRO: Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi announced he would like to see discussion and talks with the judiciary and political leaders in the country to see an end to the ongoing controversy surrounding Parliament. His statement comes only a day after Parliament held a short session on Tuesday, which later saw the country's top court say their ruling to dissolve the legislative body was “final” and could not be reversed by presidential decree. Morsi called for a truce between political groups in order to avoid a potentially debilitating crisis in the country, less than two weeks into his term. Egyptian political groups remain at odds over President Mohamed Morsi's order for Parliament to reconvene, which they did on Tuesday morning in Cairo. A number of political parties boycotted the session, including liberal MP's from the Egyptian Social Democratic Party, Tagamma'a Party, al-Wafd and the Free Egyptians. The country's Judge's Club has also threatened to take legal action against the president for defying the country's top court in bringing back Parliament, which was ostensibly dissolved on June 14, and on Monday saw the court reaffirm their decision as “final." But Speaker of Parliament Saad el-Katatni ended the brief session by praising Morsi and saying he did the right thing in bringing the legislation back until new elections can be held. The June ruling said that one-third of the seats in Parliament were won by illegal methods – seeing party members run as independents – and the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) disbanded the Parliament from meeting the following day. But on Sunday, Morsi reinstated the Parliament, in a move seen as heightening the power struggle between the armed forces and the new civilian government, which took over on June 30.
