Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Egypt constitution approved by 98% of voters

[JURIST] Egypt ratified a new constitution on Saturday after 98.1 percent of voters approved the document. It was the first Egyptian vote after the overthrow of Mohamed Morsi [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] last July. According to Egypt's Supreme Electoral Commission, 38.6 percent of eligible voters took part [Daily News Egypt report] in the referendum. The new constitution strengthens the military, the police and the judiciary, provides more rights to women and disabled citizens and removes Islamist-leaning clauses inserted under...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/01/egypt-constitution-approved-by-98-of-voters.php

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