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| Islamists reject preamble of Egypt's new constitution as reflecting 'Western' values |
| 2013-11-24 |
| [Al Ahram] The 50-Member Committee tasked with finalising Egypt's new constitution is in the final days of its work. The committee is expected to put the new constitution to a final vote among its members at the end of this week, or early next week. According to Mohammed Salmawy, the official media spokesperson of the committee, the committee is expected to finish its task by 3 December -- or few days ahead of this deadline. Salmawy told Ahram Online that the committee has drafted most of the constitution's articles. "The number of the new constitution's articles is expected to stand at 242 articles, with six articles more than the constitution drafted by an Islamist-dominated Constituent Assembly last year and 31 articles more than the 1971 Constitution (whose total articles stood at 211)," said Salmawy. |
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