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.
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