Highlights from Egypt, Dec 8 2012 (Part 1) Martial Law

[Catherina]

80. Press conference on Const Declaration & Referendum - details

Iyad El-Baghdadi ‏@iyad_elbaghdadi

Mohammad Salim El-Awa: A new constitutional declaration will be issued. #Egypt


Iyad El-Baghdadi ‏@iyad_elbaghdadi

Mohammad Salim El-Awa: Consitutional referendum will be postponed.

- Mohammad Salim El-Awa was one of the people who met with #Morsi today for talks, that's why he's reading the statement

- Mohammad Salim El-Awa is a moderate Islamist figure, an author, and also ran for president of #Egypt

- Mohammad Salim El-Awa: There has been consensus on holding the referendum in time on December 15th

- (OK, I'm confused now, it seems the referendum will not be postponed?)

- Mohammad Salim El-Awa: Constitutional declaration cancelled.

- Mohammad Salim El-Awa: Constitutional referendum to be held next Saturday, December 15th.

- Mohammad Salim El-Awa: In case constutional referendum does not pass, new one to be elected directly by the people.

- Mohammad Salim El-Awa: This constitutional declaration also cannot be repealed by the judiciary.

- Mohammad Salim El-Awa: What's really happened isn't really a cancellation but a replacement of one declaration with another.

- Mohammad Salim El-Awa: Investigations will be relaunched into murder of protesters since Jan25 even in cases already found innocent.

- In short, constitutional referendum in time, constitutional declaration repealed.

- In other words that dangerous rushed constitution will still be put up to the vote.

- Somehow I prefer if the constitutional declaration remained but the constitutional referendum was postponed.

- I had described El-Awa as a moderate but many people have corrected me on that. >>> """@iyad_elbaghdadi not a totally accurate description. Awa was also SCAF ally & has said some awful things about copts, so not so "moderate" """

- If, and only if, the constitutional referendum is shot down, a new one will be elected through direct vote by the people.

- Sorry I'm typing fast, fortgive any mistakes.

- OK, summary one more time...

- The proposed constitution will not be changed, and the referendum will take place on time (in a week)

- The November 21 constitutional declaration is cancelled and replaced with this one.

- This constitutional declaration also cannot be repealed by the judiciary.

- If the proposed constitution does not pass, a new constitutional committee will be elected directly by the people.

- If the proposed constitution passes, then I forgot what's the deal (new elections maybe?) Can't remember.

- That was a quick not-too-short summary

- El-Awa was reading this because he attended the "talks" with Morsi today; most opposition figures did not show up.

- Bear in mind that El-Awa is "opposition" to Morsi in the same sense that, say, Wolfowitz is opposition to Bush. He's not opposition: he's an advisor to President Morsi.

@hahellyer "Create your own opposition and then have a dialogue with it". #ArabTyrantManual

- #Egypt: If you're not confused, you haven't been paying attention.