CAIRO, Mar 2 (Aswat Masriya) - Egypt's Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb ordered on Monday the formation of a committee to re-draft the constituency law, which was deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Constitutional Court on Sunday.

The committee is headed by Transitional Justice Minister Ibrahim al-Heneidi, according to a cabinet statement.

Mehleb said the amendments to the law should come in line with the regulations and standards set by the court in its ruling.

The constituency law is one of three laws that were issued to regulate parliamentary elections. On Sunday, Egypt's Supreme Court deemed Article 3 of the law unconstitutional.

Shortly after the court's decison, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered the government to amend the law and to take the necessary legal procedures to avoid a delay to holding elections.  

The elections were due to be held over two phases, with the first beginning later this month. 

The body overseeing the elections, the Supreme Electoral Commission held a meeting soon after the court ruling and announced that a "new schedule will be announced once the legislative amendments [are made]."  

The constituency law determines electoral districts and is the only law issued by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, while the other two were issued by his predecessor Interim President Adli Mansour.   

The legislation was issued in December and was one of the last steps that needed to be taken before elections could be held. 

Lawyer Ibrahim Fekri who filed the legal challenge to the law said it was characterised by lack of equality among voters. 

Article 3 of the constituency law stipulates that the number of seats assigned to every electoral district is determined by schedules attached to the law, "in a manner that guarantees fair representation to all citizens..."

The court said in a detailed version of the ruling the schedules used to determine the number of seats for individual candidates "included discrimination among the voters" creating "disparity in the relative weight of citizens" in different electoral districts, without "any objective reason for this discrimination."