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Egyptian court to rule on constitutional assembly on Oct. 2

By REUTERS

OCTOBER 16, 2012 21:36

CAIRO - A court will rule on Oct. 23 on whether the assembly drafting Egypt's new constitution is legal, a judge said on Tuesday.

The case was brought by a group of liberal activists who say the 100-strong assembly is dominated by Islamists and is unfit to issue a constitution for all Egyptians.

The constitution is central to Egypt's transition from military-backed autocracy to democracy following the overthrow of veteran president Hosni Mubarak last year. But the drafting process has been dogged by fighting between Islamists and secular, liberal Egyptians.

The Cairo administrative court "decided to hold the case to be ruled on on Oct. 23," Judge Farid Nazeh Tanagho said.

A court ruling last April dissolved a former constitutional committee that was also led by Islamists.

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