The drafting commission in the Egyptian Constituent Assembly has finished the first draft of the constitution except some articles to be worked out within a week, official news agency MENA reported on Wednesday.
The drafting commission in the Egyptian Constituent Assembly has finished the first draft of the constitution except some articles to be worked out within a week, official news agency MENA reported on Wednesday.Some chapters related to the state executive authority, the public regulations and the status of the military institution will be drafted in the coming week, MENA quoted Mohamed Beltagy, head of the suggestions and dialogues commission in the assembly as saying at a press conference.According to Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi’s constitutional declaration, the draft will be put to a public referendum. Beltagy asserted "the referendum will be on the entire constitution with a yes or no, not its articles separately.”Beltagy said his commission has taken into consideration the views of most of the Egyptian society associations and segments.