Presidential candidate, Counselor Salem Hawas, calls on the Constitutional Court to break the deadlock and “dissolve the House of Representatives”.
Presidential candidate, Counselor Salem Hawas, calls on the Constitutional Court to break the deadlock and “dissolve the House of Representatives”.
2026-02-02
Presidential candidate, Counselor Salem Hawas, confirmed on Monday (February 2, 2026) his intention to threaten to file a constitutional lawsuit before the Supreme Federal Court, requesting an interpretation of Article (64) of the Constitution and a statement of the unconstitutionality of the House of Representatives’ refusal to exercise its powers to dissolve itself, against the backdrop of the continued obstruction of the election of the President of the Republic, stressing that his move is “exclusively constitutional and legal.”
Hawas explained in a statement that he possesses “the capacity and direct legal interest according to Article (5) of the internal regulations of the Federal Court, due to the impact of my legal position on the application of the constitutional texts related to the election,” revealing that he “did not receive any party or parliamentary support,” and that his position “confronts the quota system and consensus that are contrary to the constitution and the decisions of the constitutional judiciary.”
Counselor Salem Hawas affirmed that the lawsuit “aims to protect the constitution and correct the constitutional course through a binding interpretation that determines the legal responsibility for obstructing Article (64),” stressing that “any path to dissolving the House of Representatives will only be within the exclusive constitutional framework and in a way that strengthens the sovereignty of the people and the role of the Federal Court.”
He concluded by saying: “We reserve our constitutional right to file a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the House of Representatives’ continued existence in light of its deliberate obstruction of the provisions of Article (64) of the Constitution.”
It is worth noting that the House of Representatives has been struggling for weeks to fulfill its constitutional obligations related to electing a president and appointing a prime minister. Several sessions dedicated to electing the president have been postponed due to disagreements among political blocs regarding candidates and the mechanism for distributing ministerial posts. This has led to a presidential vacuum and a cascading obstruction of the remaining constitutional processes. These repeated postponements have sparked constitutional and political debate concerning the limits of the parliament’s powers and its responsibility to implement constitutional provisions on schedule, particularly Article 64, which pertains to dissolving the parliament and the mechanisms for returning the matter to the people, who are the source of sovereignty.
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