The new Egyptian Constitution was unnecessary from the start, says Rajī Sulaymān of the Free Egyptians Party (FEP). The 1971 Constitution, with added amendments, would have served just fine. Sulaymān is the founding lawyer who brought the liberal FEP into existence following the January 25 Revolution. A member of the party’s political office, he also heads its legal and constitutional committees. Though the FEP declined participation in writing the constitution in protest of the lack of sufficient women and Coptic representation, they actively opposed the final draft. Rather than delving into the problems of content, Sulaymān preferred to describe how the process was flawed from the beginning.