Constituent Assembly
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The Egyptian Constituent Assembly was a body appointed in 2012 by the newly elected legislature to draft a new constitution for Egypt. Due to the majority held by Islamist parties in the legislature, Islamists dominated the assembly. This led to significant tension and deadlock with the minority coalition of liberal, secular, and Christian members over issues of human rights and the role of religion in the state. Ultimately, the Islamist majority passed a draft constitution, which was approved by a national referendum in December 2012. This constitution was later suspended in July 2013 following the removal of President Mohamed Morsi.12
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EgyptGovernment and societyIn 2012 a 100-member Constituent Assembly was appointed by the newly elected legislature to write a draft constitution to be approved by a national referendum. Because Islamist parties had won a more than two-thirds majority in the legislature, Islamists were appointed to the majority of seats in the Constituent…
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…dominant position in the first Constituent Assembly, a 100-member body tasked with drafting the constitution. Opposition members of the assembly, fearing that the Islamists’ dominance in that body would result in a constitution that ignored non-Islamists’ concerns, staged walkouts and filed lawsuits challenging the legality of the assembly. In April…
Read More…dominant position in the first Constituent Assembly, a 100-member body tasked with drafting the constitution. Opposition members of the assembly, fearing that the Islamists’ dominance in that body would result in a constitution that ignored non-Islamists’ concerns, staged walkouts and filed lawsuits challenging the legality of the assembly. In April…
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