constituent assembly makeup
Al-Azhar, church leaders discuss constituent assembly crisis
Egypt
April 3, 2012
Al-Azhar, church leaders discuss constituent assembly crisis
Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb is meeting on Wednesday with acting Coptic Pope Pachomius to discuss developments in the constituent…
Shater’s nomination behind failure of constituent assembly, says MP
Egypt
April 3, 2012
Shater’s nomination behind failure of constituent assembly, says MP
MP Essam Sultan of the Wasat party, who has been working as a mediator to resolve the deadlock over the…
Mediation fails to solve constituent assembly stalemate
Egypt
April 2, 2012
Mediation fails to solve constituent assembly stalemate
The general coordinator of the Freedom and Justice Party-led Democratic Alliance, Wahid Abdel Meguid, said a meeting of the committee…
Coptic Orthodox Church to boycott Islamist-dominated constituent assembly
Egypt
April 2, 2012
Coptic Orthodox Church to boycott Islamist-dominated constituent assembly
The Coptic Orthodox Church decided to boycott the Islamist-dominated panel charged with drafting Egypt’s future constitution, state-run news agency MENA…
Coptic church withdraws representatives from constituent assembly
Egypt
March 30, 2012
Coptic church withdraws representatives from constituent assembly
State-run MENA news service reported on Thursday that the Coptic Orthodox Church withdrew its representatives from the constituent assembly that…
Tahrir calm Friday morning after protest canceled
Egypt
March 30, 2012
Tahrir calm Friday morning after protest canceled
Tahrir Square was calm on Friday morning after the Union of Revolutionary Youth canceled a demonstration dubbed the “Constitution for…
Nubians accuse Brotherhood of excluding them from constituent assembly
Egypt
March 30, 2012
Nubians accuse Brotherhood of excluding them from constituent assembly
Nubian leaders in Aswan accused the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party of excluding them from the constituent assembly during…
FJP swaps 10 constituent assembly members with liberals amid outcry
Egypt
March 29, 2012
FJP swaps 10 constituent assembly members with liberals amid outcry
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) withdrew 10 of its members from the constituent assembly and replaced them…