The Church made clear that it understands the nature of the Constitutional declaration being issued in a transitional phase but asks to prepare a new Constitution other than the suspended one.

A scheduled meeting between Bishop Būlā of Tantā, representative of the Church, and the President’s advisors, Church’s legal advisors as well as Coptic politicians will take place to discuss the Church’s comments on the Constitutional declaration (Ahmad Sa’dāwī, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, July 13, p. 2). Read original text in Arabic.