Lawmakers in Cairo suspend session in boycott of government April 29, 2012 -- Updated 1414 GMT (2214 HKT) Cairo (CNN) -- Egypt's lower parliamentary house on Sunday suspended its session for a week to protest the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces ignoring calls to dismiss the civilian government led by Mubarak-era Prime Minister Kamal Ganzouri. The announcement was made in a televised session on Egyptian state television by Speaker Saad el-Katatni of the Freedom and Justice Party. The party is the is the political arm of Egypt's long-banned Muslim Brotherhood, which has become a leading force in the country's new politics. This month, the Brotherhood announced that the Freedom and Justice Party had nominated 62-year old multimillionaire businessman Khairat al-Shater as its candidate for president in May, though he was later disqualified. The group's candidate is now the lesser-known Mohamed Morsi.