CAIRO, Jan 10: Egyptian reformists demanded on Monday that, like Palestinians, they too should have a chance to choose their leader.

"The Palestinian people chose their president ... I think the Egyptian people are not naive, and are capable of choosing from among many candidates," said Hussein Abdel Razeq, spokesman for the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR).

He was speaking at a news conference called to announce that EOHR would work with six other organisations in a campaign to change the country's three-decade-old constitution. -Reuters

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