Prominent reformer Mohamed ElBaradei, one of the founders of the newly-formed Constitution Party, has suggested that the elected president should put together a constituent assembly that is representative of the whole of Egyptian society.
ElBaradei wrote on his Twitter, “In the absence of a constitution, electing a president, whose powers will be determined by the military in a Constitutional Declaration that has not been approved by the people, and protecting his election from legal challenges, will not get us out of [the crisis] we are in.”
ElBaradei, who is also the former chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said the way out of this crisis is to elect a president who will form a consensual committee to write the constitution. This should be followed by parliamentary and presidential elections.
Presidential elections are scheduled to be held on 23 and 24 May. Meanwhile, Parliament members have yet to agree on criteria for electing members of a constituent assembly.
