The Flawed Public Participation in the Egyptian Constitutional Process

Abstract

This chapter highlights the difficulties and ambiguities of the Egyptian process, wherein the military-backed government sought to control and direct public attitude and input. Moreover, when participation in constitution-making processes is not recognized and guaranteed as a fundamental right, but rather taken as a ‘grant to be awarded pursuant to the pleasure of the authorities’, public participation can only be flawed and defective.

Keywords: Constitutionalism, Constitution-making process, public participation, Egypt