Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi received a copy of the country's draft constitution on Saturday night and announced plans for a December 15 public referendum on the draft.
He called for the vote in a speech before members of the constituent assembly, the 100-member panel that drafted the controversial document. Morsi praised their work, describing it as another step toward "fulfilling the goals" of the revolution that toppled longtime president Hosni Mubarak last year.
Hossam el-Gheryani, the head of the assembly, also spoke. "We added freedoms in the draft that did not exist before," he said.
Morsi thanked the nearly two dozen members of the assembly who quit in recent weeks. "Their work can't be ignored," Morsi said.
But many feel it has been: Liberals and representatives of the Coptic Church withdrew from deliberations and accused the panel of pushing an Islamist agenda.
Morsi calls referendum on new constitution - Middle East - Al Jazeera English
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