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The assembly writing Egypt's new constitution voted on Sunday against an article requiring parliamentary elections to be held before presidential elections, raising uncertainty about the country's political transition timetable. Thirty-three members of the 50-member assembly named by interim President Adly Mansour voted against the article, meaning they will have to redraft it. Some members of the assembly had been calling for presidential elections to be held before parliamentary elections, citing the weak state of Egypt's secular political parties. The constitution, expected to be put to a referendum later this month, is part of an army-planned political transition envisaged after it ousted elected Islamist president Mohamed Mursi last July and intended to lead to parliamentary and presidential elections next year.More...