Mohamed ElBaradei criticized reports that the military council is planning to issue a supplementary constitutional declaration before the presidential election to stipulate the powers of the president without putting it to referendum or referring it to Parliament.
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces plans to issue a complementary constitutional declaration on Monday, two days before the presidential election begins, to define the powers and duties of the new president, Al-Masry Al-Youm learned Thursday from political sources.
The amendments will stipulate the duties and powers of the incoming president after political forces failed to reach a consensus over the Constituent Assembly that was to be entrusted with drafting a new constitution.
On 10 April, an administrative court ordered the suspension of the 100-member and Islamist-dominated Constituent Assembly that was chosen by Parliament to write the new constitution ahead of the presidential election. Political forces and Parliament have since been in negotiations to reach a new formation of the assembly.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
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