{"id":16780,"date":"2026-08-10T08:52:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T06:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zawia3.com\/?p=16780"},"modified":"2026-10-24T14:57:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T12:57:45","slug":"new-constitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zawia3.com\/en\/new-constitution\/","title":{"rendered":"Figures Close to Egypt\u2019s Authorities Call for a New Constitution"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the first time since its approval, the debate over the 2014 constitution is no longer confined to amending an article or a text, but has moved to something further: the call for writing an entirely new constitution<\/a>. Within a few days, two proposals followed one another that shifted the discussion from partial amendments along the lines of the 2019 amendments to questioning the validity of the constitutional document itself, on the grounds that, in the view of those behind this proposal, it was drafted in exceptional circumstances and no longer reflects the current stage.<\/p>\n

The first proposal was launched by the president of the Court of Appeal and researcher in international law, Khaled El-Qadi, when he called, during a symposium<\/a> at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, for preparing a new constitution suited to what he described as the transformations of the “New Republic”. He was followed by the head of the Free Egyptians Party and member of the Senate, Essam Khalil, in the first official party call<\/a> from a party represented in parliament, demanding the launch of a national dialogue to draft a new constitution, and considering that the State has come to need a modern constitutional and legislative system that goes beyond settling for scattered amendments to the existing constitution.<\/p>\n

Those behind these calls believe that the 2014 constitution was prepared in an exceptional political context, and that what the State has witnessed over the past decade requires rebuilding the constitutional framework in a way that keeps pace with the new stage. On the other hand, opponents of the idea link the timing of its proposal to the approaching end of the current presidential term in 2030, and believe that the move from amending the constitution to replacing it entirely raises questions about whether these calls are paving the way for redrafting the rules governing power, foremost among them the provisions relating to presidential terms.<\/p>\n

Egypt: A Hundred Parties, Little Political Life<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n