Monday, March 4, 2013

Egypt constitutional court dismisses challenge to constitutional assembly

[JURIST] Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court [official website] on Sunday dismissed complaints against the assembly that drafted the country's new constitution, the official MENA news agency reported. The complaints had challenged the method for selecting members [AFP report] of the assembly and said the panel, which liberals and Christians had boycotted [JURIST report], did not represent all Egyptians. The charter was passed in a referendum [JURIST report] in December. Opposition to the constitution argue that certain clauses favored Islamic law in...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/03/egypt-constitutional-court-dismisses-challenge-to-constitutional-assembly.php

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