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\n<\/span><\/p>\nEgyptians have strongly backed constitutional changes that will allow the country to move quickly on to elections.<\/p>\n
Official results show that 77% of voters in Saturday’s referendum backed the changes. <\/p>\n
Under former President Hosni Mubarak, elections were stage-managed affairs with pre-determined results and turnout was very low. <\/p>\n
A parliamentary vote may now take place as early as September.<\/p>\n
Mohammed Ahmed Attiyah, the head of the supreme judicial committee who supervised the vote, said 18.5 million people who voted supported the changes. Turnout was 41.2 % of the 45 million eligible voters.<\/p>\n
The changes include:<\/p>\n
\u2022\tReducing presidential terms from six years to four years and limiting the president to two terms<\/p>\n
\u2022\tObliging the president to choose a deputy within 30 days of election<\/p>\n
\u2022\tInstalling new criteria for presidential candidates, including a rule that they must be over 40 years old and not married to a non-Egyptian<\/p>\n
The country’s two main political groups, Mr Mubarak’s National Democratic Party and the Muslim Brotherhood, backed the proposals.<\/p>\n
But pro-democracy activists said the changes did not go far enough and wanted the constitution to be entirely rewritten before elections could be held. <\/p>\n
Activists have argued that the established parties stand to gain the most from holding an election quickly.<\/p>\n
For many people Saturday was the first time they had ever voted.<\/p>\n
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