The official naming of a new president is one of the most important developments of the Egyptian revolution amid a heated debate regarding the powers of the coming president and those of SCAF in light of the absence of parliament.

Dr. Muhammad Salāmah, a professor of law at the University of Zaqāzīq, said SCAF, theoretically, has not assaulted the powers of the president, particularly those that have to do with legislation and budget, which are not originally among the powers of the president, but exclusively the parliament’s. [Ibrāhīm Sinjāb, al-Ahrām, June 24, p. 5] Read original text in Arabic