The Muslim Brotherhood, with which Morsi is affiliated, quickly endorsed the move through the judicial council.
"The party appreciates within the Supreme Judicial Council, which will follow through with their national duty to supervise the referendum," Saad Katatni, head of the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, said in the statement. "We hope that this would be the beginning of the detente in the current crisis."
The council agreed to supervise the referendum at least to some extent to avert the prospect of Islamist and pro-Morsi judges having oversight of an vote that will determine the fate in the nation's political charter. Another national legal group, the Judges Club, has urged its members not to participate in supervising the vote.
"We will not likely supervise a referendum that slaughters the nation's rights
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The battle within the constitution arose last month when Morsi decreed that this Islamist-led constitutional assembly was free of judicial oversight even while the Supreme Constitutional Court was supposed to rule on the body's legitimacy. Your choice sparked nationwide protests which have shaken Morsi's government and the country's stock market.
On Sunday, the Supreme Constitutional Court suspended its work indefinitely after judges said they felt threatened by protests outside the courthouse.
Secular and liberal opposition movements repeat the proposed constitution tilts toward Islamic law and could jeopardize civil rights.
Abdellatif is often a special correspondent. Times staff writer Jeffrey Fleishman brought about this report.Related read: