Supporters, opponents of Morsi hold rallies in Egypt over upcoming referendum (5)

（Xinhua）  15:07, December 12, 2012

Another crisis related to the upcoming constitutional referendum looms on the horizon, as chairman of Egypt's Judges' Club Ahmed al-Zend said that "90 percent of Egyptian judges refuse to supervise the referendum." Al-Zend added that the draft constitution violates the independency of judiciary, slamming a movement of independent judges named "Judges in the interest of Egypt" for approving referendum supervision. He also condemned the ongoing Islamist sit- in outside the Constitutional Court as threatening judiciary.

For its part, Egyptian presidency renewed calls for opposition to take part in another national dialogue meeting Wednesday to reach agreement and reunite Egyptians ahead of the referendum.