The Constitution

A constitution is basically a set of laws that defines the rules and the regime of the state. It also regulates the fundamental right of individuals. State rulers cannot cross these laws. It definitely plays a major role in the country because without it chaos will take place.

The first constitution was written in Athens 621 BC, it was named “Draco”, it replaced the oral law by a written code. The laws were particularly severe. For example, any debater whose status was lower than that of his creditor was forced into slavery. The death penalty was the punishment of minor crimes.

On the other hand Egypt has a constitution like all other countries, however, as we all know Egypt is going through a very tough phase right now. Egyptians are confused, there is a very big debate between people right now some say they want to elect a president before writing the constitution, while others want to write the constitution before the presidential elections. 

In my opinion I think we should write a constitution before electing a new president, because as we all know the main problem, before the revolution was that the former president Mubarak tried to change some terms in the constitution to give himself a privilege to allow his son to take his place. On the other hand the previous president Mubarak was changing the constitution on his own way in consequences he ruled the country for over thirty years.

Constitution First!

In conclusion I think we should elect a committee to write a constitution first. They also should write two main laws; the first one is that the president is forbidden to change in the constitution without the help of this committee; the second one is that the president should not be elected more then twice every four years.