constitution
Al-Azhar official: Withdrawing forces to meet Constituent Assembly members within days
Egypt
November 20, 2012
Al-Azhar official: Withdrawing forces to meet Constituent Assembly members within days
Mohamed Abdel Salam, adviser to the Al-Azhar grand sheikh and a member of the Constituent Assembly, said representatives of Egyptian…
Journalists Syndicate officially withdraws from Constituent Assembly
Egypt
November 20, 2012
Journalists Syndicate officially withdraws from Constituent Assembly
The Journalists Syndicate decided to withdraw from the Constituent Assembly, following a meeting on Tuesday, to protest a number of…
Constituent Assembly: Members who withdrew agreed to contentious articles
Egypt
November 19, 2012
Constituent Assembly: Members who withdrew agreed to contentious articles
Constituent Assembly members who withdrew from the constitution-drafting panel had recently agreed to the controversial articles that they said were…
Secular figures withdraw from Constituent Assembly, call draft Egypt’s ‘downfall’
Egypt
November 18, 2012
Secular figures withdraw from Constituent Assembly, call draft Egypt’s ‘downfall’
Major secular political figures, announcing their withdrawal from the body writing the new constitution, said that passing the proposed constitution…
Egyptian churches withdraw from Constituent Assembly
Egypt
November 17, 2012
Egyptian churches withdraw from Constituent Assembly
Acting Coptic Orthodox Pope Bishop Pachomius announced Saturday that the Egyptian churches were officially withdrawing their three members from…
Constituent Assembly members threaten withdrawal
Egypt
November 14, 2012
Constituent Assembly members threaten withdrawal
Conflicts broke out Tuesday during a meeting of secularists and liberals on the Constituent Assembly, as a number of members…
Pope approves constitutional article on Sharia
Egypt
November 12, 2012
Pope approves constitutional article on Sharia
The Coptic Church’s newly elected pope, Bishop Tawadros II, has approved Article 2 of the draft constitution on the role…
Women’s equality article removed from constitution
Egypt
November 12, 2012
Women’s equality article removed from constitution
Members of the Constituent Assembly agreed last week to remove a proposed article which provided some constitutional support for gender…
Deputy justice minister: Judicial draft law ready for approval
Egypt
November 12, 2012
Deputy justice minister: Judicial draft law ready for approval
The judicial authority draft law is ready for President Mohamed Morsy’s approval, Deputy Justice Minister Zaghloul al-Balshy said Monday. In…
Justice minister says judges will supervise constitutional referendum
Egypt
November 11, 2012
Justice minister says judges will supervise constitutional referendum
Justice Minister Ahmed Mekky said judges would supervise the referendum on the new constitution, despite the Judges Club’s call to…