Egyptian Parliament convened on Tuesday despite a decision by the constitutional court to dissolve the people Assembly.

Egyptian Parliament convened on Tuesday despite a decision by the constitutional court to dissolve the people Assembly.

"We are gathered today to review the court rulings, the ruling of the Supreme Constitutional Court," which ordered the house invalid, speaker Saad al-Katatni said.
"I want to stress, we are not contradicting the ruling, but looking at a mechanism for the implementation of the ruling of the respected court. There is no other agenda today," he added.

The court last month annulled the house, saying certain articles in the law governing the parliamentary elections were invalid.

The military council, which took the power after Hosni Mubarak ceded power last year, dissolved the house and took legislative control using a document granting the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) sweeping powers.

However on Sunday, the President Mohammad Mursi, a former member of the powerful Muslim Brotherhood, ordered the lower house to reconvene just a week after taking the oath as head of state.

CLINTON CALLS FOR TALKS
On the other hand, US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton called for negotiations in order to solve the political and legal crisis in the country.

"We urge that there be intensive dialogue among all of the stakeholders in order to ensure that there is clear path for them to be following," she said at a news conference in Vietnam.

The Egyptian people should "get what they protested for and what they voted for, which is a fully elected government making the decisions for the country going forward," she added.
Clinton is due in Egypt on July 14 to express American support for the process of democratic transition the country.