EGYPT’S CONSTITUTION

Hawera Star, Volume L, 24 October 1930, Page 5

EGYPT’S CONSTITUTION

PARLIAMENT SUSPENDED NEW ELECTORAL LAW PRECAUTIONS AGAINST RIOTS. flniteil Pr—<» A-wKiiatu... «y Telegraph Copyright! CAIRO, Oct. 23. King Fuad has signed a iicav electoral laAv Avhereby both chambers uj - c automatically adjourned iiidennitelj. A new constitution will he promulgated by Roval Decree to-day. Sidky Pasha lias taken elaborate precautions against riots. Egyptian troops paraded the principal streets in force yesterday, but British troops remained. in barracks. The British are to be called on only if the Egyptians are unable to protect Europeans. Nalias Pasha repeatedly had called on his followers to sacrifice their lives and possessions in defence oi tin* present constitution.

The present constitution, which Avas promulgated on April 19, 1923. declares Egypt to be a sovereign State, its monarchy hereditary, and its govern-ment-representative. Under it Egyptians have equal legal, civil and political rights, irrespective of race, language or”religion, and liberty of the individual and of religious belief is guaranteed.

The King exercises legislative powers concurrently with the Senate and the Chamber ol’ Deputies. The present sovereign of Egypt is the ninth ruler of the dynasty of Muhammad Ali, who, in 1811. made himself absolute master of the country by force of arms. The throne is hereditary in the family of Muhammad Ali, the order of succession beimr fixed in a rescript issued in 1922.