Egypt's interim executive office is currently forming the legal committee that will amend the 2012 constitution before the end of the week, Judge Ali Awad, advisor of interim President Adly Mansour, said Sunday.

Following the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi, a temporary constitutional declaration came into effect, stipulating that the interim president (Adly who was sworn in on 4 July) must form a committee within 15 days to amend the frozen 2012 constitution. The committee is given a month-long period to wrap up the amendments.

The committee is to consist of two members from the High Constitutional Court (HCC), two judges, two members of the State Council and four constitutional law professors from Egyptian universities.

Members of the committee will be chosen by their respective judicial bodies, the constitutional declaration stipulates, while Egypt's Supreme Council of Universities is to assign the constitutional law professors.

Awad announced the HCC and State Council have already sent their nominations for the committee: judges Mohamed El-Shinawy and Esam Abdel-Aziz.

The Supreme Judicial Council will send two judges as candidates on Monday and the Supreme Council of Universities is expected to nominate the law professors the next day.

This small, specialised committee of experts tasked with amending the 2012 constitution shall refer the amendments to a larger committee of 50 members, who shall represent all layers of society.

This representative committee should include members from all political parties, intellectuals, workers, farmers, syndicates, national councils, Al-Azhar, the Egyptian Church, the Armed Forces and police and other public figures. Ten youth and women should also be represented.

Most members will also be chosen by their respective bodies, while the Cabinet will choose the public figures for the broader committee, which is tasked with finalising the constitution's draft within 60 days. The final draft should also be up for public debate within the same period.

The president is to then put the amended version of the constitution up for national referendum within 30 days from receiving the final draft. It will come into effect upon public approval.

The 2012 constitution was suspended as part of the Egyptian Armed Forces' roadmap for Egypt’s future, which saw former president Mohamed Morsi ousted on 3 July following nationwide mass protests against him.

Egypt's non-Islamist political forces have repeatedly argued that the suspended constitution was not representative of all layers of society and limited many freedoms. They blame the majority Islamist members of the outgoing constituent assembly for ignoring their recommendations.