CAIRO, Mar 2 (Aswat Masriya) - The Press Syndicate's appeal against a court decision to halt internal midterm elections, will be viewed in court tomorrow, the press syndicate's legal adviser said.

Lawyer Sayed Abu Zeid said the appeal will be viewed before a special court chamber for elections. 

On Sunday, an administrative court decided to suspend midterm elections of the Press Syndicate, which were due to be held on Friday and would have seen candidates run for the position of the head of the syndicate and for six of the board's 12 seats.

The court's decision came after a case was filed by several members of the syndicate, in which they requested holding elections for all seats of the syndicate's board, instead of only half of the seats.

In the details of the ruling, the court said according to the law, the term of the syndicate's board expires every four years and the term of half of the board's members expires in two years by holding midterm elections.  

The court said elections were held in 2011 over all 12 seats of the syndicate's board. Then in 2013, midterm elections were held, replacing half of those elected two years before.

"Therefore, a new board and chairman must be elected," the court said. 

Abu Zeid said yesterday that until a decision on the appeal is made, the elections will not be held.