Amr Moussa, the head of the 50-member committee which has been amending the suspended 2011 constitution announces the start of the session to vote on a new national charter for Egypt. The members are expected to cast their votes item by item on 246 articles, Mohamed Salmay, the official spokesperson of the committee, said earlier on Saturday. The vote will last for at least 24 hours. The proceedings are aired on state owned TV Sout El Shaab. The draft included 42 articles that have never been included in any previous Egyptian constitution, Salmay added. Moussa opened the voting marathon at 4:20pm by reading the draft's preamble. http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/87891.aspx