Coptic leaders stated that the Constitution is needed in this moment to complete the transition period.  Rev. Rafīq Greish, official spokesman of the Evangelical Church, stated that if the draft constitution was approved the way it is, then it is positive and acceptable to us. Kamāl Zākhir, the Coptic thinker, stated that it is not a perfect constitution, but it is acceptable as it fulfills the minimum needs for a secular ‘civil’ state (Author not mentioned, al-Tahrīr, Nov. 30, p. 2). Read original text in Arabic.