埃及最高法院昨日解散了该国第一届民主选举产生的议会，让埃及军方统治者获得了广泛权力，政治观察家认为这相当于一场政变。
Egypt's military rulers seized broad powers after the supreme constitutional court dissolved the country's first democratically elected parliament yesterday in what political observers said amounted to a coup deatat.
埃及宪法法院裁定，议会下院三分之一的议席无效，这使埃及在总统选举的两天前陷入政治不确定状态。
The move came after the constitutional court ruled that a third of seats in the lower house were invalid, plunging the country into political uncertainty two days before presidential elections.
实际上，此举意味着在几个月的选举期间组成的由伊斯兰主义者主导的议会遭到取消，埃及的选举曾被国际社会誉为民主的胜利。
It, in effect, cancels an Islamist-dominated parliament assembled over months of elections that were hailed as a triumph of democracy by the international community.
穆斯林兄弟会(Muslim Brotherhood)高级官员穆罕默德•贝勒塔吉(Mohamed Beltagy)在国家电视台发表声明表示，"最高法院的判决是一场不折不扣的政变。"
"The supreme court's decision is a full-scale coup," Mohamed Beltagy, a top official of the Muslim Brotherhood said in a statement on state television.
本周末的决胜选举中，被赶下台的胡斯尼·穆巴拉克(Hosni Mubarak)政府的老将艾哈迈德•沙菲克(Ahmed Shafiq)将与遭前政权诟病的伊斯兰主义政党领导人穆罕默德•穆尔西(Mohamed Morsi)对决。
This weekend's run-off pits Ahmed Shafiq, a stalwart of the ousted regime of Hosni Mubarak, against Mohamed Morsi, an Islamist party leader despised by Egypt's old guard.
法院的裁定立即得到武装部队最高委员会（自穆巴拉克政权被推翻以来一直统治埃及）的颁布。这项裁决意味着，不管谁赢得选举，都没有立法机构与其合作。
The ruling, promptly enacted by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces–which has run Egypt since Mr Mubarak was overthrown – means that whoever wins the election will have no legislative body with which to work.
法院在另一项判决中，实际上支持了沙菲克的候选人资格。这些裁定由一个合议庭做出，其中几名法官是穆巴拉克任命的，判决引发了人们对军队领导的反革命的担忧。
In a separate decision, the court, in effect, upheld the candidacy of Mr Shafiq. The rulings–made by a judicial panel featuring several Mubarak appointees – sparked fears of a military-led counter-revolution.
"如果他们（埃及军队）认为年轻人会接受这一安排，就无异于自欺欺人。"原总统候选人阿卜杜勒•穆奈姆•阿布福图(Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh)表示。
"They [the military] are deluding themselves if they think the youth will let this pass," former presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh said.