Diplomats ponder the good and bad on Egypt’s constitution debate
As the political tug-of-war continues over Egypt, concern is being expressed over the next phase – but so is hope Dina Ezzat , Saturday 15 Dec 2012 ahrahmonline For many […]
Egypt constitution referendum unofficial results: ‘Yes’ 56.5 pct
Unofficial final results of the constitution referendum’s first round show a 56.5 per cent approval for the draft charter *Total: “Yes”: 4,595,311 (56.50 per cent) “No”: 3,536,838 (43.50 per cent) Turnout: 33% —————————————————————————————- Note: All results are from governorates’ presiding judges, except Cairo’s, which are from the tallies of the […]
Islam’s status unchanged in Egypt draft constitution
REUTERS ARABNEWS Friday 30 November 2012 CAIRO: An assembly drafting Egypt’s new constitution voted yesterday to keep the principles of Islamic law as the main source of legislation, unchanged from the previous constitution in force under former President Hosni Mubarak. The issue was the subject of a long dispute between […]