The nicest thing I can say about President Morsi is that deep down he knows the Egyptian people are far too clever to approve his constitution. So instead he put out a joke document packed with talking points. For example Article 117 raises the issue of the US fiscal cliff perfectly. Article 44 was a direct snipe at Pakistan's anti-Blasphemy laws. Article 11 raises the Saudi moral police. Article 53 brings up my father and his family's chequered history because I believe his father got made in what was then Egypt's Benghazi. Articles 2&3 prompt discussion about the role of Christians and Alawite's (Islam's Jews) in a post-Assad Syria while all the stuff about the appointments of the Prime Minister, Shura Council and Cabinet talks only of the UK's 2010 General Election because nothing neuters a lower house like a Nick Clegg.
Of course in order to make that reality a truth Egyptians need to vote to reject the draft constitution.
02:30 15/12/12.
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