Nader Bakar of the Nour Party said that an alliance between the party and the Muslim Brotherhood is unlikely.
“We seek consensus among all Egyptian people and not just the Islamist factions,” he said in a press conference on Thursday, announcing the party’s position on the constitutional referendum.
“Article 227 confirms that the Constitution, its preamble and its provisions are all one unit,” he said, adding that this means there is no need for the phrase “contrary to the Sharia.”
“Although we disagree with the Committee of 50 on certain points, the committee still deserves our thanks,” he stressed.
“I call on the community to vote for the draft constitution because it helps us complete the track to democracy and correct the mistakes of the past year,” he said.
For his part, his colleague Talaat Marzouk said the party is flexible and will accept what the various political groups agree on. “We still prefer to hold the parliamentary elections first [before the presidential elections],” he said.
He also said that the Nour Party is not a religious party. “We are 100 percent legal,” he stressed.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
