squares in a bid to challenge the first round of the referendum on a new constitution the national salvation front or peace told the weekend poll claiming it was plagued by an overwhelming fraud so i'm going from the results indicate that fifty six percent approve of the draft constitution which was drawn up by the islamists that would be backing out the president and the muslim brotherhood it's rigorously rejected the opposition who blamed the government for turning the constitution into an islamist code and there's still time for campaign is against the draft to turn things around before the polls open for the referendum second stage are such a day national salvation front spokesperson rudy is hoping the opposition's complaints won't remain unheard. right now we want the authorities the election commission to look into the violations and to decide by itself whether this is big enough in order to repeat the first round and in case we are going to go to the second round we want to make sure that file asians are not going to be repeated particularly in terms of the lack of judicial supervision ther

a bid to challenge the first round of the referendum on a brand new constitution at the national salvation front once a repeat of the weekend poll claiming it was plagued by overwhelming fraud. results indicate that fifty six percent approve of the draft constitution which was drawn up by the islamists with the backing of the president and the muslim brotherhood it's vigorously rejected by the opposition who blame the government for turning the constitution into an code and there's still time. to turn things around before the polls open for the referendum second stage on saturday a national salvation front spokesman that would hoping the opposition's complaints remain on. right now we want the authorities the election commission to look into the violations and to decide by itself whether this is good enough in order to repeat the first round and in case we are going to go to the second round we want to make sure that these violations are not going to be repeated particularly the lack of judicial supervision there were not enough judges yesterday to look into the or to supervise the vote we also

the national salvation front which is the coalition of opposition forces how the press conference they express their complete rejection of the referendum of the constitution which they say in force is dictatorial tendencies and the key economic and social rights they've called for more protests on choose to against this document and said that basically they will not stand down how this will be responded to by the president is yet to be seen and all of the speeches by the president and all of the statements he's made he's firmly back the referendum on the street speaking to the protesters behind these you can see that in front of the presidential palace they believe that his initial confusion that gratian which awarded him sweeping powers they said to me this evening was really to ensure that the constitution was drafted and put to referendum so the president's main aim really is they say how this constitution puts in place how he reacts to the to the boycott by the opposition forces i guess in there or not is a huge boycott nationwide or whether it is not large enough to make an impact

to turn things around before the polls open for the referendum second stage on saturday national salvation front spokesman would is hoping the opposition's complaints won't remain. right now we want the authorities the election commission to look into the violations and to decide by itself whether this is good enough in order to repeat the first round and in case we are going to go to the second round we want to make sure that the violations are not going to be repeated particularly the lack of judicial supervision there were not enough judges yesterday to look into the or to supervise the vote we also complained about preventing our observers the preservers of human rights groups from attending the counting process according to a decision by the judges we want to attend and be present during the counting and we also complaining about the fact that the muslim brotherhood members were continuing their propaganda inside the polling stations until the last minute trying to influence voters and tried to convince them to vote yes for the constitution claiming that voting would that mean that you are

charter will proceed next weekend journalist bill true is in cairo with more details but national salvation front which is the coalition of opposition forces how the press conferences they express their complete rejection of the referendum of the constitution which they say in force is dictatorial tendencies and the collective he economic insurgent groups that call for more protests on choose to against a set of documents and said that basically they will most stand down how this will be responded to by the president is yet to be seen in all of the speeches by the president and over the statements he's made is firmly back the referendum on the street speaking to the protesters behind me as you can see it got in front of the presidential palace they believe his initial confusion that gratian which awarded him sweeping powers they said to me this evening was really to ensure that the constitution was drafted. put to referendum so the president's main aim really is they say to have this constitution place in place how he reacts to that to the boycott by they opposition forces i guess in it whether o

it was a very difficult decision on the part of the national salvation front which is a broad spectrum of various secular political parties from both the liberal tendencies as well as the more last organizations and parties inside the country it's a situation where if they did maintain the call for the boycott. of the plea i would go in favor of the freedom and justice party government of president morsi. today the expatriates who are around the world who are gyptian citizens nearly six hundred thousand of them are going to start voting over the next three days on this controversial draft constitution the opposition forces are not uniform group and therefore they have to decide what their position is going to be if they in fact lose the vote that is scheduled on december the fifteenth now there's a question about the role of the judiciary with that within this whole process one of the leaders of the judicial also. so she is out of egypt is saying that many people i will not participate but president morsi is administration is saying that there will be adequate to distil supervision of

country's future identity let's discuss it further now with would a spokesperson for the national salvation front in egypt's official opposition now joining us live here on out from cairo. good to see you today so i thank you very much for coming on the program egypt's human rights groups have reported widespread violations at this point or do you think the opposition will join their demands to really hold the vote and if they do you think it will help. well first of all sir we'd like to raise very much the. participation in the elections yesterday which we consider to be a very important message for the muslim brotherhood group and for president morsi that he's actually dividing the country that the country does not approve a constitution that was prepared by the muslim brotherhood alone in a constituent assembly in which all that are presented to us of the liberal left the nationalists women represented the church are present it is pulled out because they felt that there was an intentional attempt by the muslim brotherhood group to pass their own resolution to pass their own draft constitution

mouhammad, leaders of the opposition national salvation front, two lawyers complained about them after they kaled for anti-government protest. the public presidentor was appointed last month as part of the president's decree. the former president has been transferred to a military hospital from his prison cell. it's the second time the 84-year-old has been moved. he is serving a life sentence for not stopping the killing in 2011. mahmoud ahmadinejad has fired his health minister. he was the first woman to hold the post. she's criticized the government for not providing money to import medicine. iran is struggling to provide medical supply due to sanctions imposed by the west. there are more women than ever in the u.s. army. after they're discharged they're just as likely as men to suffer disorders like post traumatic stress syndrome. female veterans are less likely to get the help they need. >> some days it's a struggle for the army soldier to put food on the table. she hasn't had a job since 2009. it didn't take long before her savings were exhausted. and she and her two daughters wer

. >> from the beginning the national salvation front said this constitution does not represent the people. this constitution is not one of national consensus, but of national division. our position is to fight and until we change this constitution and replace it with another. >> iny and, two senior policeman have been suspended in connection with the gang rape of a student on a bus in new delhi. they said they failed to carry out their duties. protests are continuing despite police crackdowns. >> undeterred by the block aids in high security, protesters took the streets in new delhi for another day. authorities shot roads and metro stations to try to keep the crowds under control. these demonstrations have taken on a momentum of their own. the protests have spread to at least five other states in india including mumbai and bang lower. -- langelor. the prime minute stir addressed the nation promising his government could take tough action. >> not only the responses to this terrible crime, but also all aspects concerning the safety of women and children and punishment to those who commit th

. >> ifill: sunday leaders of the national salvation front warned the document would give too much way to islamic law and curb the rights of women and the christian minority. >> we are committed to continuing our collective peaceful struggle in order to bring down this constitution through legitimate means as soon as possible. because it's a constitution that is not worthy of egyptians. >> ifill: president's party supported the draft charter on 64% yes vote after saturday's second round of volting. the opposition had similar account that there were many instances of fraud. and even some supporters of the constitution set a higher margin of victory might have assured civility after years of political chaos. >> the referendum was completely free, this is something that i have seen with my own eyes. they say 63% yes. this is the least that should be. it should have been 70 or 75%. egyptian people need results of the ballot just as we have been taught in democracy. >> ifill: some independent newspapers challenged the legitimacy of the results over one-third voted on saturday. now parliamen

tax burdens will perhaps make it more popular among the streets yesterday of course the national salvation front become a nation of opposition forces running many of these protests in the city. completely reject the concept of referendum set to be next week and of calls for protests they say the constitution will only enforce a presidential dictatorship and its. key social economic demands as well as being presented of the country. by islamist dominated constituent somebody to here in cairo really expecting big crowds on cheese day against the president the counter protest was arranged by a new coalition of islamic forces supports the president's own choose day. they said they want to have a million people on the streets in support of the president of course with the background of violence on wednesday between rival protest groups right here at the presidential palace which bloody scenes in the streets of cairo such a recent eight we've now been told the president has also made a tree to step in and secure the nation in addition to giving them power to arrest citizens this has been much criticis

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the national salvation front, which is a grouping of several secular and liberal opposition groups.e saying this constitution falls short of international standards. it does not represent all of egyptians, and more importantly, it will pave the way for an islamist takeover of the government that will essentially cut off the rights of minorities, women, and other political forces that may not be islamists. it's a really polarized time in the country, and that's why it is so charged very, very dangerous. as you mentioned, the military now has been given authority to maintain and preserve security. essentially they've been given the authority to function like a police force up until the time of the referendum, which is next saturday. the underlying question in all of this, though, is whether or not logistically this constitutional referendum can take place. the judges, which are plenty to supervise the ballot box and the polling stations, some of them are boycotting. you have diplomats at embassies around the world saying they will not supervise the ex-pat yoit voting that's scheduled

definitely these reduce these tax burdens who perhaps make it more popular among the streets the national salvation front the coalition of opposition forces running many of these protests and it's into so they completely reject the constitution referendum and of course the protests they say the constitution will only enforce a presidential dictatorship. neglect key social economic demands as well as being representative of the country as it was drafted by islamist dominated constituents somebody the president preempting more violence on the streets particularly as a counter protest was arranged by a new coalition of islamic forces of course the president they said they want to have a million people on the streets in support of the president's president has asked the military to step in and secure the nation in addition to giving them power to arrest citizens this has been met with much criticism from the protesters who feel that the military will take a heavy hand this comes after the military of course egypt after hosni mubarak stepped down last last year which witnessed quite a heavy and bloody crackdo

leaders and the president and his cabinet notably some of the key opposition forces the former national salvation front that are behind the protests in city. in the last few weeks not present the results of the controversial constitution that gratian would be revoked which of course was president morsi sweeping powers which is part of one of the demands of the opposition forces and widely seen as a good move however they run them on the constitution which the opposition forces see to be illegitimate as it was drafted by islamist clinching the creation constituent assembly would go ahead on the fifteenth and this is why the problem lies the opposition forces replied yesterday saying that the results of the meeting with meaningless as the president hasn't seen to move forward with their demand against this referendum other groups said that it was really just another form of deception this comes after the military stepped up security around the presidential palace behind me in the last two days that you see to statement yesterday saying that they were calling for dialogue as this was the only way to get t

constitution very emotional scenes here on the streets meanwhile the opposition forces in the national salvation front have said they will not budge they have a list of key demands which includes the referendum being stopped and also because of this contentious decree being revoked they said they will not speak to the president and until he listens to the demands of the moment the president is sticking by his guns to really we're still seeing a deadlock here in egypt meanwhile the egyptian army is back in the picture with its first statement since the protests erupted the military warned of disastrous consequences if the crisis is not resolved in vowed not to let that happen but some analysts fear the army's close involvement would mean the country plunging deeper into political chaos. at this point he should have known that gathering the trust and good will of the egyptian people is more important than any specific action he wants to accomplish so things are really very dangerous in egypt now and and i hope the violence will not follow these kind of confrontations in front of the presidential palace

the national salvation front is demanding -- allegations of fraud. official results will announce monday. unofficial results show 64% of the voters approved the draft constitution. the turnout in both rounds just over 30%. we turn now to our reporter in cairo. >> it remains unclear when the elections commission will finally say its final word on the results of the referendum. initially we were expecting this to be announced monday that there are clear delays. it is not clear are understood why. the hire elections commission could be under intense pressure from the opposition, which has been saying they need a final word or say on these allegations of fraud and irregularities that they documented throughout the two stages of the vote. toit could simply give merit the critics and what they have been saying, that this is simply arrest process and a higher elections commission and the judges were simply not prepared, that they did not have enough time to organize this a vote and deal with the result. >> still to come, supporters of hugo chavez of the ven