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Egyptian opposition: Referendum boycott uncertain
By Samuel Burke, CNN
The clock continues ticking down in a tense and deeply divided Egypt.
Egyptians are set to vote on the controversial new constitution this weekend.
Opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Monday that the groups opposing the constitution are still considering their response.
“We will either boycott or vote no,” he said, calling the entire process illegitimate.
Analysis of President Morsy's address
Analysis of President Mohamed Morsy's address to Egypt and a discussion about the proposed Egyptian constitution with Harvard associate professor Tarek Masoud. He is the author of a forthcoming book on Islamic political parties.
Egyptian PM: Morsy's edict could be moot in 12 days
A controversial edict issued by Egypt's president - which spurred vigorous, sometimes violent protests by those calling it a dictatorial power grab - "will fall immediately" if voters approve a new constitution later this month, the country's prime minister said.
Echoing President Mohamed Morsy and other government officials, Prime Minister Hesham Kandil said the November 21 decree that made Morsy's past and future decisions immune to judicial oversight was issued "to protect the process of building the democratic institutions."
Regardless, Kandil told CNN's Christiane Amanpour that it should be a moot point after December 15, when Egyptians will approve or reject a new constitution in a nationwide referendum.
"We're talking about one hour (and) 12 days until this declaration drops," the prime minister said late Monday night. "So I don't think people should worry about the declaration. We should now worry about what is coming, which is the constitution." FULL POST
Why Tunisia ignored sharia law
By Samuel Burke, CNN
The Arab Spring countries of North Africa are struggling to balance their secular and Islamic roots, but the leader of Tunisia’s ruling party thinks he has the answer.
Rached Ghannouchi co-founded the Ennahda party, but only returned from 22 years in exile after Tunisia became the first country of the Arab Spring to oust its leader.
Secular Tunisians and national media have questioned how much sharia law would be enshrined in Tunisia’s new constitution, but Ghannouchi told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Wednesday that the problem has already been bypassed.
“There was some dispute about enshrining sharia,” he said, “that’s why we had to push away the controversy and we settled for what was said in the 1959 constitution about Tunisia as an Arab country.” FULL POST
Morsy’s decrees could be lifted in as little as two weeks
Egypt's crisis over within 15 days?
An adviser to Egypt's president says Morsy's decrees could be lifted in as little as 15 days.
Making sense of Egypt's political crisis
An Egyptian-American professor speaks with CNN's Christiane Amanpour about Egypt's ongoing constitutional crisis.
By Samuel Burke, CNN
The decrees that Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy issued last week, which have sparked a constitutional crisis in Egypt, could be lifted in the next two weeks.
That’s according to Essam el-Erian, a top adviser to Morsy, and a senior leader of the Freedom and Justice Party, the Muslim Brotherhood’s political wing.
El-Erian told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that the constitutional process has been greatly accelerated, so much so that a draft will be voted on in the constitutional assembly on Thursday or Friday. FULL POST
Morsy adviser defends edicts as only choice
Egyptian judge on Morsy's edict
Egyptian Judge Mohamed Al Zind speaks about his opposition to Morsy's decrees.
America's response to Morsy
An analyst of the Middle East discusses America's perspective on Morsy's decrees.
Morsy adviser defends edicts
A former adviser to Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy defends the edicts as the only option to building a democracy.
By Samuel Burke, CNN
A former aide to Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy said that no concession had been reached between Morsy and the country’s judges, despite a meeting Monday that appeared to have resulted in an agreement between the two sides.
“It’s not a compromise – it’s a clarification,” Jihad Haddad told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Monday.
Just days after Morsy received international acclaim for helping to broker a truce between Israel and Gaza militants, the Islamist leader has triggered angry demonstrations for an edict, issued Thursday, that effectively allows him to rule the country unchecked by the judicial system, for the next six months, or until a new constitution is finalized.
Haddad insisted that Morsy has tried to compromise with the judiciary, even looking for a “dignified way of promoting [the Prosecutor General] out of office,” but Morsy has been met with opposition from judges who are Mubarak appointees and loyalists. FULL POST
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