Egypt’s new charter stronger on personal freedoms

A campaign to sell Egypt’s new draft constitution began in earnest this week.

It’s not the charter most Egyptians dreamed of when Hosni Mubarak was forced from office in the uprising of 2011, but the document being voted on in a national referendum next month is one most likely to succeed with an Egyptian population desperate for law, order and economic opportunity.

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The Globe and Mail – Patrick Martin