Egypt Constitution Approved in Vote

(Cairo) – Egypt’s new constitution, which was drafted by assembly has been approved by 64 percent of voters in a two-round referendum, an official in the Muslim Brotherhood said. The first round of voting was held on held on Dec. 15 and a second round was staged on Dec. 22, with roughly half Egypt’s 51 million eligible voters covered in each round.
“According to our calculations, the final result of the second round is 71 percent voting ‘yes’ and the overall result(of the two rounds) is 63.8 percent,” the Brotherhood official, who was in an operations room monitoring the vote.