Cairo: Egypt`s ruling generals and representatives of 22 political parties have agreed on how to form a panel tasked with drafting a new Constitution, breaking a three-month deadlock on the issue.
The state news agency says the meeting called by military ruler Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi agreed on how to select the panel`s 100 members and what its voting mechanism would be. Under the agreement, Islamists will take half of the panel`s seats. The Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamists, who dominate Egypt`s Parliament, packed a previous panel with their supporters, sparking an angry outcry and prompting a court to order it disbanded.
The agreement comes after Egypt`s ruling military council threatened on Tuesday to issue its own blueprint if parties failed to come up with one within 48 hours. PTI