constitution

Al-Azhar official: Withdrawing forces to meet Constituent Assembly members within days
Egypt

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…
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