Egypt President Mohammad Mursi said he would respect a court ruling overturning his decree for the dissolved parliament.

Egypt President Mohammad Mursi said he would respect a court ruling overturning his decree for the dissolved parliament.

"If yesterday's constitutional court ruling prevents parliament from fulfilling its responsibilities, we will respect that because we are a state of the law,” said a statement issued by Mursi’s office.

"There will be consultations with (political) forces and institutions and the supreme council for legal authorities to pave a suitable way out of this,” the statement added, a day after the court froze Mursi's decree.

Last week, Mursi ordered parliament to convene, in defiance of a military decision, to disband the house in line with a court ruling last month before the generals handed power to the president.

Mursi's decree was applauded by supporters who believed the court's decision to disband parliament was political, but it set off a fire storm of criticism from opponents who accused him of overstepping his authority.

According to the country's interim constitution, drafted by the military generals who took charge after president Hosni Mubarak's overthrow early last year, the military assumed the dissolved parliament's powers.