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Egypt Constitution Panel Has 10 Days

Critics call timeframe laughable.

The military officers who have taken control of Egypt are wasting no time in remaking the country. They’ve appointed an eight-man panel, including a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, a Christian, and a former judge, to rewrite Egypt’s constitution. But the move is being met with mixed reactions. Military skeptics say it’s a positive sign that the army intends to hand over control to civilians as quickly as possible, but other critics say the timeframe is laughably short for the task of structuring a governing system.

Read it at The New York Times

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