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Opposition cries foul as Egypt constitution finalized

• Reuters
 

Mursi said his decree halting court challenges to his decisions, which provoked protests and violence from Egyptians fearing a new dictator was emerging less than two years after they ousted Hosni Mubarak, was "for an exceptional stage".

 

"It will end as soon as the people vote on a constitution," he told state television on Thursday night. "There is no place for dictatorship."

 

The assembly was expected to finish approving the draft constitution on Friday, allowing a referendum to be held as soon as mid-December on a text the Islamists say reflects Egypt's new freedoms.


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