Despite lack of consensus over the critieria for electing a new Constituent Assembly, voting proceeded as planned on June 12, although more than 57 MPs walked out on the session in protest. On June 13, Parliament promptly reseased a list of the 100 elected members, including around 60 Islamists, 28 representatives of civil parties, and a number of professionals, public figures, and members of the judiciary and other state institutions. But it is unclear whether the new assembly — the product of a desperate compromise between Islamists and non-Islamists to preempt a SCAF ultimatum — will satisfy demands for adequate representation of liberals, women and religious minorities.
During contentious negotiations over the selection criteria, non-Islamists had insisted on a 50-50 ratio of civil to Islamist members, but the list of names announced today is skewed in favor of Islamists. Furthermore, it is unclear whether a critical mass of non-Islamists will even agree to take their seats. The Egyptian Bloc coalition — representing a number of liberal and leftist parties — already announced that it will withdraw its members. The High Constitutional Court also pulled its representative, to avoid "taking sides." Even the SCAF’s representative, Mamdouh Shahin, is rumored to be forfeiting his seat over the lack of consensus. It is unlikely that this second Constituent Assembly will survive much longer than its predecessor, if it is already viewed as so illegitimate that even a member of the SCAF doesn’t want any part in it.
LIST OF CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY MEMBERS
1. Abul-Ela Madi, leader of moderate-Islamist Wasat Party
2. Ahmed Ibrahim El-Halwani, head of the Teachers Syndicate and a member of the Freedom and Justice Party
3. Ahmed Diab, secretary-general of Muslim Brotherhood’s parliamentary bloc
4. Ahmed Omar, head of the Students Union at Zagazig University in Sharqeya governorate
5. Ahmed Maher Ibrahim Tantawi, April 6 Youth Movement founder
6. Ahmed Mohamed Khalifa, cassation lawyer
7. Edward Ghalab, judge
8. Osama Mohamed El-Abd, head of Al-Azhar University
9. Osama Yassin, MP for Freedom and Justice Party, head of parliamentary youth committee
10. Ashraf Thabet Saad El-Din, MP for Salafist Nour Party, deputy president of People’s Assembly
11. Ahsraf Abdel-Ghafour: Actor, head of Egyptian Actors Syndicate
12. Ekrami Saad, a revolutionary
13. Amani Abul-Fadl, a member of the International Islamic Committee for Woman and Child
14. Omaima Kamel, MP for the Freedom and Justice Party
15. Bishop John Paul Fatla, vice chairman of the International Council of Churches for Catholics
16. Bishop Paul, Coptic Orthodox Church representative
17. Ayman Ali, vice President of the Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe
18. Ayman Nour, former presidential candidate, leader of Ghad El-Thawra Party
19. Bassam El-Sayid Hassenein Metawly, MP for Salafist El-Nour Party
20. Bahaa El-Din Abul-Shoka, prominent lawyer, leading Wafd Party member
21. Taymour Fawzy Mostafa, Chairman of the Administrative Prosecution Authority
22. Gaber Gad Nasar, professor of constitutional law at Cairo University
23. Gamal Gebriel, professor of law at Helwan University
24. Hossam El-Gherainy, head of Supreme Judicial Council, known for closeness to Brotherhood
25. Hassan Mahmoud Abdel-Latif, head of the Arabic Language Academy
26. Hussein Ibrahim, MP for the Freedom and Justice Party
27. Hussein Hamed Hassan, a member of the International Union for Muslim Scholars
28. Khaled Mahmoud El-Azhary, MP for the Freedom and Justice Party
29. Dawood El-Baz, professor of law at Damanhour University
30. Sameh Ashour, head of Egyptian Lawyers Syndicate
31. Soad Kamel Rizk, Dean of Faculty of Management and Information Systems, French University
32. Said Abdel Azim, a member of the Islamic Legitimate Body of Rights and Reformation and a Salafist figure in Alexandria
33. Samir Marcus, liberal Christian thinker and writer
34. Shaaban Abdel-Hamid Darwish, an Islamic scholar
35. Shaaban Ahmed Abdel-Alim, head of the parliamentary education committee
36. Shahira Halim Dos, a political activist and member of El-Wafd party
37. Sobhi Saleh, MP and leading Freedom and Justice Party member
38. Salah Abdel-Maboud Fiyad, MP for Nour Party
39. Taher Abdel-Mohsen, a Shura Council member and a member of the Freedom and Justice party
40. Talaat Marzouk Abdel-Aziz, head of the parliamentary suggestions and complaints committee
41. Adel Abdel-Hamid Abdullah, justice minister
42. Atef El-Banna, Cairo University constitutional law professor
43. Abdel El-Galil Mostafa, general coordinator for National Association for Change
44. Abdel-Diyam Mohamed Nossair, an adviser for Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed El-Tayeb
45. Abdel-Rahman El-Bar, Islamic scholar, Al-Azhar professor and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood
46. Abdel-Rahman Mohamed Shukry, head of the Farmers’ Syndicate and a member of the Freedom and Justice Party
47. Abd El-Send Yamama, professor of international law at Monofeya University
48. Abdel-Fattah Khattab, head of the Coalition for Tourism Workers
49. Abdullah Said Abul-Ezz, a judge
50. Essam El-Erian, MP, head of parliament’s foreign affairs committee and leading Freedom and Justice Party member
51. Essam Abdel-Rahman Sultan, lawyer and MP for Wasat Party
52. Atiya Fiyad, Islamic jurisprudence Professor at the Azhar University
53. Ali Fath El-Bab,a member of the Shura Council for the FJP and head of the council’s majority
54. Emad Hussein Hassan, deputy interior minister and former head of the Police Academy
55. Emad El-Din Abdel-Ghafour, Chairman of the Salafist Nour Party
56. Amr Daraag, a leading Freedom and Justice Party member
57. Amr Moussa, former presidential candidate, ex-minister of foreign affairs and former Arab League secretary-general
58. Fouad Badrawy, vice president of the Wafd Party
59. Farouk Gowida, a poet and writer
60. Farid Ismail, MP for the Freedom and Justice Party
61. Safwat Naguib, a priest
62. Maged Mamdouh Kamel Shabita, State Council member
63. Maher Ali Ahmed El-Bahairy, first deputy of the constitutional court head
64. Mohamed Ibrahim Kamel, MP for the Wafd Party
65. Mohamed Ahmed Sherif, President of the Menya University
66. Mohamed Ahmed Abdel-Kader, farmers’ representatives for the Wafd Party
67. Mohamed Ahmed Atta Omara, MP for the Nour Party
68. Mohamed El-Beltagi: MP, Parliament speaker and leading Freedom and Justice Party figure
69. Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat: MP, head of parliament’s human rights committee and leader of the liberal Reform and Building Party
70. Mohamed Ibrahim Hassan, prominent Salafist preacher
71. Mohamed Khairy Abdel-Diyam, former head of the Doctors’ Syndicate
72. Mohamed Saad Gawish, a young member of the Salafist Call
73. Mohamed Selim El-Awa, former presidential candidate, Islamist thinker, lawyer, and Wasat Party co-founder
74. Mohamed Abdel-Gawad, head of the Pharmacists’ Syndicate
75. Mohamed Abdel-Alim Daud, MP for the Wafd Party
76. Mohamed Abdel-Moneim El-Sawy, independent MP, head of parliament’s culture, media and tourism committee and Hadara Party founder
77. Mohamed Ali Bashr, professor at the engineering faculty of the Monofyia University
78. Mohamed Amara, prominent Islamic thinker
79. Mohamed Fouad Gadallah, Vice president of the State Council
80. Mohamed Maged Kholousy, head of Egyptian Engineers’ Syndicate
81. Mohamed Magdy El-Din Barkat, head of the military prosecution
82. Mohamed Mahsoub Abdel-Maguid, leading Wasat Party member and law professor at the Menoufiya University
83. Mohamed Mahmoud Abdel-Salem Abdel-Latif,a lawyer from Al-Azhar youth
84. Mohamed Mohi El-Din Mohamed, an engineering university professor
85. Mohamed Nagi Darballa, a Vice president of the Cassation court
86. Mohamed Yousry Ibrahim, a salafist preacher and former Nour Party spokesman
87. Mahmoud Ghozlan, official Muslim Brotherhood spokesman
88. Moatez Belallah Abdel-Fattah, a political science professor and former prime ministerial adviser
89. Mamdouh El-Wali, head of the Journalists’ Syndicate
90. Mamdouh Shahin, a Lieutenant-General, defence minister’s aide for legal affairs and a SCAF member
91. Manar El-Shorobagy, a political science professor
92. Manal El-Tiby, head of the Egyptian Centre for Housing Rights (ECHR)
93. Mouncif Naguib Soliman, a judge and member of the Church’s general congregation council
94. Nader Bakkar, a Nour Party spokesman
95. Nasr Farid Wassel, An Al-Azhar Sheikh and former grand Mufti of Egypt
96. Huda Ghonia, an MP for the Freedom and Justice Party
97. Wahid Abdel-Maguid, a political science professor
98. Walid Abdel-Awal, an MP for the Nour Party
99. Yasser El-Borhami,a Salafist Sheikh and Nour Party co-founder
100. Younis Makhioun, an MP for the Nour Party
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