Members of Egypt's Parliament attend a session in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 24, 2012. Egyptian parliamentarians on Saturday cast ballots to select a 100-member panel that will draft the country's new constitution, amid deep polarization between liberals and Islamists over the process. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa)
Members of Egypt's Parliament attend a session in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 24, 2012. Egyptian parliamentarians on Saturday cast ballots to select a 100-member panel that will draft the country's new constitution, amid deep polarization between liberals and Islamists over the process. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa)
Egyptian lawmakers vote during a session to select a constitutional panel in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 24, 2012. Egyptian parliamentarians on Saturday cast ballots to select a 100-member panel that will draft the country's new constitution, amid deep polarization between liberals and Islamists over the process. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa)
Egyptian lawmaker Mohamed Eltonsy votes during a session to select a constitutional panel in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 24, 2012. Egyptian parliamentarians on Saturday cast ballots to select a 100-member panel that will draft the country's new constitution, amid deep polarization between liberals and Islamists over the process. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa)
Egyptian lawmaker Hamdy Radwan votes during a session to select a constitutional panel in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 24, 2012. Egyptian parliamentarians on Saturday cast ballots to select a 100-member panel that will draft the country's new constitution, amid deep polarization between liberals and Islamists over the process. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa)
CAIRO (AP) ? Two prominent liberal politicians have pulled out from a panel tasked with drafting a new constitution after Islamists won a majority of seats on the body.
The 100-member panel selected over the weekend includes nearly 60 Islamists and only six women and six minority Christians. The members were chosen by parliament's two chambers, where Islamists have a majority.
The two pulling out are independent lawmaker Amr Hamzawy and veteran Christian activist Mona Makram Obeid.
They announced they were quitting the panel on Monday on their Twitter accounts.
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