Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court has ruled that former members of ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak’s dissolved party can run in the country’s upcoming parliamentary elections.

Egyptian judicial sources announced on Sunday that according to the court’s ruling any citizen in the North African country should not be deprived of political rights, “including the right to run in legislative bodies,” if that individual meets the candidacy requirements.

The decision, which revives debate about the right of the former ruling party figures to participate in Egypt's post-revolution political activities, allows members of National Democratic Party (NDP) to stand in future parliamentary elections.


In April 2011, the Supreme Administrative Court disbanded the NDP and ordered its funds and property to be handed to the government.

However, Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) said in June 2012 that the parliament-approved political isolation law was unconstitutional and allowed Mubarak's last premier Ahmad Shafiq to stay in the presidential run-off.

The political isolation law, which was approved by the parliament, barred senior officials of the Mubarak regime and top members of NDP from standing for public office for 10 years.

The Egyptians launched a revolution against the pro-Israeli regime in January 2011, which eventually brought an end to the 30-year dictatorship of Mubarak in February 2011.

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