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| Egypt cabinet revises constitution proposal on army |
| 2011-11-04 |
| [Dawn] The Egyptian cabinet, reacting to a public outcry, has amended a document proposing principles for a new constitution that would have shielded the army from oversight by parliament, a cabinet minister said on Thursday. The document initially gave the ruling military council exclusive authority to approve any legislation on the army's internal affairs, Tourism Minister Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour told a news conference. "We took into consideration many of the remarks that we received and we corrected, deleted and added many articles," Nour said. "There were clear notes on Article Nine and Ten and they were amended in a way that responds to the demands of the objectors," he added. Another change proposed by the cabinet was that the military budget be put under the control of a body supervised by the president, he said. Islamist and liberal parties walked out of a meeting with the government on Tuesday in protest against the document, saying it allowed the army to defy an elected government. |
| Posted by:Fred |