It was proclaimed to update the democratic representative system in assertion of the rule of law, independence of the judiciary, and party plurality.
On 13 February 2011, the Constitution was suspended following the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak as a result of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution.
[1] On 30 March 2011, it was "effectively voided" after a new provisional constitution was passed by the country's ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.
In 1971, when President Anwar Sadat took office, he moved for the adoption of a new democratic constitution that would allow more freedoms, a return of a more sound parliamentary life and correct democratic practice with the return of political parties and a bicameral parliamentary system.
These amendments were mainly proposed by the National Democratic Party to move the country's political and economic tendencies further away from socialism and more towards capitalism.
Nonetheless, these amendments represented a clear response to opposition to the government in light of the 2005 elections with articles 5, 88 and 179 adding constitutional permanence to the emergency law in place since 1981.
[2] However, Mubarak's resignation was announced the following day with the Supreme Council of Egyptian Armed Forces assuming control.
An entire chapter of the constitutional document is dedicated to defining the basic rights and freedoms to its citizens that is to be provided by the state.
If the People's Assembly is dissolved at the time of a vacancy the President of the Supreme Constitutional Court shall take over the Presidential duties.
Upon the issuing of the impeachment decision, the president is relieved temporarily of his position and the prime minister takes office.
The People's Assembly may ask the withdrawal of confidence from the Prime minister by the request of One-tenth of the total seats (46 members).
According to the constitution, the Judiciary is an independent body and is vested with powers to oversee the practices of both the executive and legislative branches.
It is worth noting that laws regulating personal status issues (marriage, divorce, inheritance, etc.)
[9] With the apparent growing popularity of the Muslim Brotherhood after the 2005 parliamentary elections, the debate arose again discussing whether the state is secular or religious.
The amendments passed in 2007 would allow non-judiciary body members to perform the official monitoring and counting of the elections.