CAIRO: Egypt's popular political figure Mohamed ElBaradei, the former president of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the co-founder of the al-Dostor Party, criticized the course of the current political transition phase in Egypt on Tuesday. He reiterated his warning that the election of a president according to the current constitutional declaration issued by the ruling military junta, “will lead to constitutional disputes between the authorities.” ElBaradei said on his Twitter account that “again, the election of the president under the current premature constitutional declaration, would lead to conflicts of authorities,” calling for drafting a new democratic constitution first, which is “the key to Egypt's future.” ElBaradei had proposed early this month a plan of three points aiming at taking Egypt out of the current political impasse, including the election of an interim president holding the powers to form a consensus Constituent Assembly “of thinkers representing all spectra to write a constitution for all Egyptians, followed by parliamentary elections and presidential elections.” ElBaradei also called for subjecting the army to “accountability and oversight in the constitution, as the military institution is a part of the executive power in a democratic state.”
