Mohamed Salmawy, spokesperson for the Committee of 50, has said that the committee put the finishing touches on the final draft of the constitution on Friday evening.
He also said that Chairman Amr Moussa is holding a press conference on Saturday at noon to announce the completion of the draft constitution that was approved by the members in 56 public meetings and more than 200 sessions of the sub-committees and the drafting committee.
“The final vote will begin at 3pm Saturday until the evening,” Salmawy said. “It will be broadcast live.”
“The vote will continue on Sunday,” he said, adding that there are 246 articles in the constitution, including 42 new articles that were not in any previous constitution of Egypt.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
