Document Type
Article
Repository Date
2010
Keywords
Egypt, constitution
Subject Categories
Comparative and Foreign Law | Constitutional Law | Law
Abstract
This article examines the 2005 amendments to the Egyptian constitution that were intended to change the presidential selection system from a single-nominee referendum to a multi-candidate election. Through a careful study of the amendments and the related laws, it shows that while on the surface this amendment looks as though it opens the presidential elections to multiple candidates, its actual goal is to perpetuate the rule of President Mubarak and his National Democratic Party. Further, by entrenching the new election system through a detailed constitutional amendment, the Egyptian regime has subverted the powers of the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) to score a significant victory for the executive and legislative branches in their ongoing cold war with the SCC.
Repository Citation
Stilt, Kristen, "Constitutional Authority and Subversion: Egypt's New Presidential Election System" (2010). Faculty Working Papers. 46.
https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/facultyworkingpapers/46
