The committee's purpose is to review the constitution of Egypt, to be ratified by a referendum.
The eight-member committee tasked with amending the constitution is composed of legal experts of various ideologies, including secular liberal scholars, three judges from the current Supreme Constitutional Court, and a Christian.
[6] The proposed changes to Article 77 would limit the President to two terms of four years in office.
[6] Changes to Articles 88 and 93 would restore judicial supervision of elections and allow the Constitutional Court of Egypt to control the validity of membership of parliament.
[7] The issue of limiting presidential powers was postponed until after the elections as part of the new constitution drafting process.