Head of Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces Hussein Tantawi called on parliament to elect a constituent assembly next Tuesday, state television said Thursday.
The ruling military council, 22 political parties and some independent lawmakers agree on criteria for the establishment of a constituent assembly after the seven-hour meeting on Thursday.
People's Assembly (lower house) to choose 100 members of Islamic groups that dominate the constituent assembly in March, which is suspended in accordance with the administrative court's decision after being rejected by the liberal parties and the secular.
Osamah Yassin, representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood, said the six seats will be given to the judicial field, with nine allocated to experts in the field of law, five to Al Azhar, the leading Sunni Muslim authority in Egypt, and four for the Christian churches in Egypt.
In addition, professional unions will get 13 seats while 39 seats will be allocated to political parties, 21 for community leaders and the executive authority, including three soldiers, police, and government.
Wafd Party leader Sayed Badawy said that the constituent assembly will include 100 members representing specialists in the field of law, religious institutions, community leaders, youth, women and Copts.
He added that any future decision by the council must be approved by 67 percent of the agency, or the vote will be held 48 hours later and 57 members will decide.
Al-Wasat Party representatives and the Ghad Party did not attend the meeting.
Tantawi Tuesday called for a consensus on the criteria of the constituent assembly in two days, or the additional constitutional declaration to be announced.
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