The Muslim Brotherhood has announced its official refusal of the supra-constitutional documents proposed by several political groups and potential presidential candidates like Mohamed ElBaradei and Hisham El-Bastawisi, claiming that these are attempts to circumvent the will of the public.
The group has stated that its position is based on two factors: first, that the majority of the Egyptian people chose a specific roadmap in the constitutional referendum in March, starting with having parliamentary elections and then electing a committee to draft a permanent constitution, and that this committee should not be bound by supra-constitutional statements.
The second is that the constitution is to be proposed by the people for the people; it should not be enforced on them by political “elites”.
The Muslim Brotherhood said that political groups and potential presidential candidates that want to suggest principles that should be included in the new constitution should present proposals to the drafting committee, not documents that the committee must accept in whole or refuse.
The Muslim Brotherhood called yesterday in an official statement for a million man march at Tahrir Square agains the Supra- constittional documents next July 29th,2011. The Muslim brotherhood million man was supported by other Islamist political groups like Salafists and Islamic group.
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