Book : The extent of the competence of the supreme courts to interpret legislative texts - a comparative study Author : Mohamed Ibrahim Ahmed Emara Release year : 2023 Specialization : The Constitutional law Publishing House : University Thought House profile : The importance of the research is represented in the existence of constitutional texts that need interpretation and clarification due to the verbal defects that may be present in them, such as the text of Article (226) of the 2014 Constitution and its inability to express guarantees; Where it stated: “The President of the Republic, or one-fifth of the members of the House of Representatives, may request the amendment of one or more articles of the Constitution, … It is not permissible to amend texts related to the re-election of the President of the Republic, or to the principles of freedom or equality, unless the amendment is related to more guarantees. So what are these guarantees and what are they, and for whose interest? The lack of objective definition of the term guarantees - and their unspecified general formulation - could open the way for their interpretation and application in an undisciplined manner, which may empty them of their essence, but with the premise of binding constitutional interpretation, their meanings would be revealed without ambiguity or interpretation, and then we are in the process of binding guidance from The Supreme Constitutional Court when amending articles related to the re-election of the President of the Republic or other articles that are prohibited from being amended. Interpretation is a guarantee of the effectiveness of constitutional texts and their protection from the possibility of illegal amendme
