Photo: Amru Salahuddien/Xinhua Final results of Egypt's 2012 draft constitution were released yesterday, December 25, 2012 by the country's Higher Electoral Commission, showing an approval rate of over 63 per cent after two rounds of voting.
The latest round took place on Saturday, December 22, 2012 with voters from 17 governorates taking part in the poll whose turnout was about 30 per cent. The first round held on December 15, 2012 in 10 governorates.
The Xinhua news agency reported that the release of results was delayed to give electoral officials time to check appeals and allegations of fraud by the opposition. The National Salvation Front promised at a press conference on Sunday, December 23, 2012 to appeal against the results of the constitutional referendum, alleging that there had been fraud and other violations.
Meanwhile, President Mohamed Mursi over the weekend ordered Parliament's Upper Chamber, the Shura Council, to convene after the release of official results of the constitutional referendum. The new constitution gives the Shura Council powers to legislate until the Lower House of Parliament is elected within the next two months, the AP news agency said.
President Mursi has held legislative powers for months since a court disbanded the Lower House, saying the law governing the election of its members was unconstitutional. The President also over the weekend appointed 90 members to the Shura Council in an attempt to make the body more representative. The Council is expected to focus on passing a new law on the rules for Parliamentary elections.
Under the new constitution, Sharia remains the main source of legislation while Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's leading authority, is to be consulted on matters concerning Sharia. On the other hand, Christianity and Judaism are to be the main source of legislation for Christians and Jews. The right to beliefs is protected and the State's obligations are limited to Islam, Christianity and Judaism. Presidential mandates are limited to two four-year terms of officce.
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"THIS MY BELOVEDS IS A START FOR EGYPT;' THE REVOLUTION IS NEVER ENDING !!! THE VALUES OF DEMOCRACY REQUIRES VIGILANCE". THE GYPTIAN PEOPLE ARE WELL EQUIPED TO PRACTICE AND FOCUS WHAT THEY KNOW TO BE RIGHT'. THE OPPOSSITION HAS FINALLY FOUND ITS FOOTING , THE WAY FORWARD NOW IS NOT TO GO BACKWARDS; " FORWARD EVER BACKWARDS NEVER"!!."WITH THE SOLID IDENTIFYING SOLUTIONS THAT THE OPPOSSITION SHOULD " HAVE NO FEAR SHOULD ISLAM SOUND FRGHTENING IT IS NOT!!! IF IT IS PRACTICED IN THE WAY OF OUR AANCIENT AFRICAN CULTURES IN THE HIGHEST REGARDS FOR 'THE SOVREIGNTY OF THE "ALLMIGHTY GOD" THE MORALITY OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS SHOUDL BE STELLA !!! WHERE THEN CAN WE GO WRONG ???. "WE ARE LOOKING OUT FOR THE INETEREST OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS SOULS>> WE DO NOT HAVE TO BE ORTHODOX IN OUR BELIEFS," WE NEED TO BE CLEAN IN HANDS AND PURE IN HEART" .' WE NEED NOT FEAR OUR NEIGHBOURS 'THESE PRACTICES THAT PROPOGATES FEAR ARE UN-ISLAMIC AND NOT MUSLIM!! "A TRUE MUSLIM LOVES HUMANITY SHOWS THIS IN HIS GREETING OF PEACE" !!. THIS WORD INSURES THAT THE MOTIVES AND INTENT IS FOR THE WELL BEING OF THE PERSON BEING ADDRESSED!!!. "CHRISTIANITY HAS IN THE COPTIC FORM WAS ORIGINALY NO DIFFERNT TO THE FOUNDING PRINCIPLES OF ISLAM !!!. THE IDEA OF "THE SOEVEREIGNTY OF OUR FATHER" AND IN REALITY ,AS BELIEVERS WE ARE ALL THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF "THE ALLMIGHTY ONE". LET US BE CLEAR EVERYONE MUST GIVE HIS OWN DESCRIPTION OF WHY HE OR SHE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE GARDENS OF PARADISE!!" NONE IS EXEMPT FROM THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT!!!! THERE WILL BE NO INETRCESORS NO LAWYERS NO COUNSELORS NO BARRISTERS NO JUSTICES THERE WILL BE YOU AND HE' WHOM IS" OUR CREATOR".. IF WE AS BELIVERS HAVE READ THE MANY SCRIPTURES CONCERNING JURSPRUDENCE AND THE PLEASING OF THE ALLMIGHTY" WE WILL REMEMBER SULIMAIN STATING,' THAT THE BODY THE FLESH IS ALL MATERIAL' IT IS JUST A COVERING FOR OUR TRUE BEING;" WHICH IS OUR SOULS!!.. MANY OF US BELIEVES THAT OUR BONES AND FLESH WILL BE JUDGED BUT REMEMER THAT "HE" GAVE TO US; FIRST OUR SOULS' THEN THE BODY WAS THEN AN ADDED CONVENIENCE TO PROCLAIM OUR INTENTIONS FOR "THE LOVE OF OUR FATHER".. I SAY TO MY BELOVEDS IN EGYPT THAT THE BEST WAY TO SHOW AND PROVE THAT THE SOUL IS INDEED WORTHY IS TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE SHOW LOVE AND COMPASSION AS WE HAVE ATTTAINED THROUGH OUR OUR TRODTIONS ON THE PLANET'. THERE IS ,I AM SURE, A WORLD THAT IS SO MUCH MORE ; FILLED WITH ETERNITY AS ITS REWARDS FOR THOSE THAT SEEK AFTER 'HIS LOVE AND HIS COMPASSIONS". IF THERE IS NO TRUTH TO WHAT I SAY THEN THEN YOU WONT HAVE LOST ANYTHING ?. IF THERE IS TRUTH IN MY WORDS THEN YOU HAVE GAINED AN ETERNITY!!!!!!!!!. WE MUST SHOW TO THE WORLD THAT THE CONTINUATION OF THE AFRICAN TRADITIONS ARE SO DEEP THAT IT TRANSCENDS THE EARTTH BY REPRESENTING IN ITS BLOOD THE GENETICS OF ALL HUMANITY!!!!!!. EVERY OTHER PEOPLE WANTED TO BE THE RULERS OF EGYPT SO THEY HAVE ALL INVESTED THIER BLOODLINES INTO OUR BELOVED EGYPT!!!. "EGYPT IS RICH AND HAS MAINTAINED ITS AFRICANESS THRUOUGH OUT TIME MEMORIAL!! EGYPT WAS THE BIGGEST AND THE FOUNDATION OF THE EARTHS KNOWLEDGE AND PRINCIPLES; EGYPT IN THE BEGINNING REPRESENTED ALL AFRICA ALL THE MIDEAST AND ALL THE EARTH WAS THE FULLNESS THEREOF!!!. IT DOES NOT MATTER TODAY WHAT COUNTS IS THAT THE EMERGENCE OF AFRICA MUST BE XPORTED AND PERCEIVED AS WHOM THEY TRULY WERE THE FIRST DEMOCRATS ON THE PLANET AND THE FIRST SOCIALIST.THOSE WHO BELIEVED THAT ALL PEOPLE SHOULD LIVE IN HARMONY AND LIVE AT HIGH STANDARDS; WHERE NO ONE WAS FOUND LACKING AND WHERE RICHES WERE FOR EVERYONE!!!. EVERYONE WAS LIVING WITH HIGH INTENSITY OF KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENIFIT OF THE ALL!!!. THERE IS NO IMPARTIALITY THER ARE NO GREY AREAS THERE IS RIGHT AND THERE IS WRONG'!!! KEEPING TRUTH VISIBLE AT ALL TIMES' IS WHAT TRANSPARENCY MEANS ; THE TRUTH IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE. "THERE ARE NOT SUBTEXT TO THE TRUTH IT IS CLEAR IT IS PLAIN AND IT IS UNDENIABLE'. "EGYPT HAS CONVEYED TO THE OTHER NEGHBOURING NATIONS THAT THEY ARE INTENT ON HAVING AN OPEN SOCIETY' WHERE EVERYONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYONE'. "AS A MUSLIM ITS IS IMPERATIVE THAT HE RESPECTS HIS NEIGHBOURS AND SHOWS LOVE TO THOSE THAT EAT IN HIS HOUSE". WE WILL LEAVE OUR JUDEGMENTAL REVIEWS TO THE "ALLMIGHTY ONE" HE ULTIMATELY WILL RENDER IF IN FACT YOU SUPPLIMENTED THAT YOU PRAYED 7 X DAILY AND THAT YOU FELT IT NECESARRY TO TO COMUNICATE YOUR HOPES THROUGH AN INTERMEDIARY ? ESPECAILLY WHEN I MADE MYSELF SO AVAILABLE ?? !!!! .. "THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE WILL LEAVE FOR THE "FATHER" HE ABOVE ALL IS THE FINAL SAYER". WE MUST NEGATE FROM BEING JDUGEMENTAL BUT APPLYING IN ALL WAYS THE DESIRE TO LEARN AND ACQUIRE MORE KNWOLEDGE. THIS CAN BE DONE WITH MONOTHESEIST OVERSTANDING AND THE BEHAVIOURS AS ONE WOULD ACKNOWLDGE TO BE A SON OR DAUGHTER OF THE FATHER"!!. THERE IS NO TRICKERY OR SELFISHNESS WHEN ONE IS A MUSLIM HIS AUTHORITY WILL PROCEED HIM!!!!. "TRUTH IS SOMETHING THAT IS WELL ENGRAINED IN THE CREATIONS OF THE WORLDS. THERE IS NO HERESEY OR HYPOCRISY IN THE ORIGINS OF ISLAM". "ONE CAN BE SEEN AS A MUSLIM BY ONES ACTIONS AND ONES CHARCTERISTICS." ONE DOES NOT AUTOMATCIALLY BECOME A MUSLIM A MUSLIM 'A MUSLIM IS A MUSLIM 'WHENEVER HE OR SHE IS CONSCIOUS; THE ACHIEVEMENT OF CONSIOUSNESS ENATILS THE KNOWING OF ONES SELF", THE IDEA THAT WHATEVER I LIKE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MY BROTHERS WITH; THE SAME WAYS OF HOW I NEED TO BE TREATED ,I WILL FIRST TREAT MY BROTHER AND SISTERS THE SAME WAY ;I WILL LEAD BY EXAMPLE UNSLEFISHLY THEY INTURN WILL RESPECT MY WAYS !!!! " PEACE AND LOVE AND GRACE BE UPON EGYPT"