
Judge Hossam El-Gheryani, former head of the constituent assembly (Photo: Al-Ahram)
Egypt’s Constituent Assembly will become an non-governmental organisation (NGO) concerned with raising awareness about constitutional matters, the assembly’s former leader has said.
Hossam El-Gheriany made the announcement on Monday during an event held to honour members of the assembly.
The event was held at the army-owned El-Masah hotel in Heliopolis and was attended by Prime Minister Hisham Qandil, Shura Council leader Ahmed Fahmy and former vice-president Mahmoud Mekki.
The assembly was dissolved after it submitted the final draft of the constitution to President Mohamed Morsi on 1 December, 2012.
63.8 per cent of voters approved the new constitution in a public referendum.
"Over the coming days we will witness a real renaissance and a better future for Egypt now the constitution has been passed," said El-Gheriany.
The drafting process was heavily criticised by the opposition, which claimed the assembly was dominated by Islamists forces and did not produce a constitution representative of all Egyptians.
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