Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī,  vice-president of the Coptic Evangelical Church, and General Director of the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS),  criticized Islamist parties and their discrimination against Copts and Egyptian church figures, adding the only thing these parties care about is to dominate the decision-making circles.

Father Rafīq Greish, Director of the press office of the Catholic church in Egypt, called for announcing as null and void the parliament and the constituent assembly, noting the panel was “trying to belittle the people’s minds”.

While the Coptic Orthodox Church refused to comment, church sources stressed that the church is furious about the number of Copts inside the assembly.[‘Imād Khalīl, al-Misrī al-Yawm, March 26, 2012, p. 4] Read original text in Arabic