Via Yahoo News the Associated Press reports key provisions of a new draft Egyptian constitution which, the article says, will face a referendum within 30 days. On the surface, it looks like a substantial improvement over what the prior Muslim Brotherhood-based Morsi government hoped to implement.
In third world countries, the issue often isn't the provisions of the constitution but the way they are or are not followed in practice. If Egypt's government actually lives by the constitution provisions reported by the AP, the nation should become at least as good as it was under Mubarak, perhaps much better.
If the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafi extremists are unwilling to be law-abiding citizens, if they choose instead the path of jihad against their fellow Egyptians - the Copts, the secularists, and the military - Egypt may see vast troubles, including a civil war.
