Egypt's constitutional debates: the problems ahead

By Bassem Sabry, 2 October 2013
Amr Moussa has been selected to chair the committee entrusted with amending the
Amr Moussa has been selected to chair the committee entrusted with amending the constitution pushed through by deposed Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, Sept. 22, 2013 (photo by REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany)
<p><span style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em;">It’s been around three weeks since Egypt’s Committee of 50 (C50), the country’s new constitutional assembly, began its work on amending the 2012 constitution, which has been suspended since the overthrow of Mohammed Morsi on July 3. The committee has largely been acting as a full constituent assembly, attempting to circumvent its essentially advisory role as is set by the&nbsp;</span><a style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em;" href="http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/07/egyptian-constitutional-declaration-post-morsi-transition.html" target="_blank">current constitutional declaration</a><span style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em;">.</span></p><div>[toc hidden:1]</div>
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