A general view of the session of the upper house of the parliament in Cairo June 10, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's new constitution would strengthen the army's hand and could ban Islamist parties outright, according to a final draft published in state media, and the assembly writing the text said it was poised to finish its work on Thursday.
One human rights lawyer said it reinforced the army's status of state within a state.
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