CAIRO, April 11 - RAPSI, Rafael Daminov. The Egyptian parliament's upper house on Thursday approved a revised law on parliamentary elections and political rights. The document has now been forwarded to the Supreme Constitutional Court, a parliament source told reporters.

The upper house made amendments to the election law two months ago. The revamped act was then signed by President Mohamed Mursi, who fixed the date for the next parliamentary elections. The first round voting was to take place on April 22.

However, in mid-March, the Supreme Administrative Court suspended the presidential directive to hold a parliamentary election and ordered the new election law to be sent back to the Constitutional Court to check the legality of the voting procedures.

The court said the new law should have been checked before being signed by the head of state to ensure that the text included the suggestions made during previous discussions, and approved by the Supreme Constitutional Court.

The judges also questioned the president's right to order a new parliamentary election. According to the Administrative Court, the new constitution adopted last December requires that Mursi's initiative be first considered and approved by the government.

Egypt's opposition parties, united in the National Salvation Front, immediately declared they would boycott the election.