An Egyptian court suspended on Tuesday the commission tasked with drafting new constitution for the country.

An Egyptian court suspended on Tuesday the commission tasked with drafting new constitution for the country.

The administrative court in Cairo said it was "suspending the constituent assembly" without explaining the reasons.
The 100-member panel, which is evenly divided between parliamentarians and public figures, was elected by the parliament, which also voted for a number of reserve candidates who could replace the panelists.

But most of its members are from the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafist fundamentalists who hold the majority in both houses of parliament.

The secular parties have already withdrawn from the commission, believing that their presence was useless there.
The prestigious Sunni Islamic institution, Al-Azhar, and the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt have also decided to boycott the panel.