Human Wrongs Watch
By RT*, 15 December 2012 — Egyptians are voting on a disputed new constitution that has split the country in two and sparked deadly protests. Liberal opposition condemns the document as too Islamist, curtailing the rights of Egyptian minority groups.
Polls opened at 8:00 pm local time (6:00 GMT) in Cairo, Alexandria and eight other regions in the first round of voting. Egypt’s remaining regions will get their chance to vote on December 22. The referendum has been split over two days as there are not enough members of the judiciary to monitor the process after some pledged to boycott the vote.
If the new constitution is rejected, another document will have to be drafted in a process that could take nine months.
Over half of Egypt’s 51 million registered voters are expected to make their way to the polls this Saturday.