Three Years after the Revolution: Mubarak’s Regime Reconstructed

The referendum on the amendments to Egypt’s 2012 Constitution took place on 14-15 January 2014. The key amendments to the Constitution mostly concern provisions that take the country back to a unicameral parliament, prohibit religious parties from being elected to parliament, lift the ban on old-regime functionaries engaging in political activities, and return Egypt to its state before the revolution. The restoration of Mubarak-era institutions, while still without a solution for dealing with...