CAIRO, Dec 3 (Aswat Masriya) – Egypt's Committee for Political Parties' Affairs turned down on Wednesday a request by former army general Sami Anan to form a political party.

The committee also turned down a request by Tamarod youth group's co-founder Mahmoud Badr to form a political party.

Both requests were referred to the Supreme Administrative Court, which has the last say in accepting them or turning them down.

Anan played a role in the post-January 2011 uprising's transitional phase. He was deputy head of the Supreme Council for Armed Forces (SCAF) which governed the country since the overthrow of former President Hosni Mubarak in February 2011 and until the election of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi in June 2012.

After his retirement in August 2012, Anan was appointed a military affairs advisor for Mursi.In 2013, he tendered his resignation in solidarity with the June 30 protests against Mursi’s rule.

The former army general had intended to run for this year’s presidential elections yet later withdrew from the race.

Tamarod started out in April 2013 as a grassroots campaign calling for early presidential elections. It is seen as the driving force behind Mursi's military ouster in July 2013 following mass protests against his rule.