The United States expressed its regret for the absence of any Egyptian female element on the newly appointed committee charged with proposing amendments to the Egyptian constitution, as women also protested for change and participated in the revolution that brought the possibility of change to Egypt, it said in a statement on Saturday. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said on Twitter, “Women protested for change. And excluding them from the Committee on the Constitution represents a ‘cause for concern.’” The Supreme Military Council, which took charge of the country after Hosni Mubarak resigned as president on February 11, appointed a committee of jurists to amend certain articles of the Constitution. The committee consists of eight members, headed by Tarek Beshry, the former President of the Council of State. A lawyer and former member of the Muslim Brotherhood, Sobhi Saleh, is also on the committee. The committee to defend the rights of Copts also criticized the formation of this committee, condemning the non-representation of Christians.
Not unsurprising at all in spite of the fact that it’s dismaying. It’s the way things are in this corrupt world.
