CAIRO, March 7 - RAPSI. An Egyptian administrative court has suspended the president's order to hold elections to the lower house of parliament scheduled for April 22 and has referred the recently adopted election law to the Supreme Constitutional Court, the court announced on Wednesday.

The court said it wants to determine whether or not the recommendations it made have been incorporated in the law.

In late February, the upper house of Egypt's parliament approved the amendments which the Supreme Constitutional Court had insisted on, and forwarded the law to the president for signing. But the court said parliament had not told them which of the proposed amendments had been approved.

President Mohammed Morsi announced the elections to the lower house of parliament in late February. The multi-phase election was due to begin in April 22 and would have lasted for nearly two months. During the first stage, elections were to be held in five provinces, including Cairo. The second stage was to involve elections in eight regions, including the country's second largest city, Alexandria. Eight provinces were to vote during the third phase and six during the last phase, which was to end on June 24.

The first meeting of the new House of Representatives was scheduled for July 2, 2013.

Egypts newly formed opposition alliance, the National Salvation Front, said it would boycott the parliamentary elections.