Aswat Masriya (Cairo)

Egypt: Committee Convenes On Egypt's Charter Referendum

3 December 2012

An elections committee, headed by Chairman of Cairo's Appeals Court Samir Abu al-Maaty, convened on Sunday to work out logistics of a referendum on the country's new constitution.

An Islamist-led assembly finished drafting a controversial charter on Friday allowing it to be put to referendum on December 15.

The meeting coincides with Egypt's Judges' Club - a prestigious body representing Egyptian judges - announcing their unwillingness to oversee the referendum, in defiance to President Mohamed Mursi.

Mursi issued a constitutional decree on November 22 expanding his powers and shielding his decisions from judicial review - a move seen by many Egyptian judges as an attempt to undermine their role and disregard the judiciary and constitution.

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  • nikos retsos
    Dec 3 2012, 11:18
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    The Mubarak-appointed judges have to make the decision to either support the Revolution and the elections results, or opt out of it and become relics of the old Hosni Mubarak's regime. What is absolutely certain, thought, is the fact that they won't be the new "kingmakers of the Revolution" - as they have tried unsuccessfully to be! I am sure that if they try to push the Revolution on their way, they would certainly become themselves disposable. Nikos Retsos, retired profesor