Father Bishoy Hilmī, Secretary of the Egypt Council of Churches, said that the Council would seek legal recognition, and would submit a request to the Presidency. Halmī stated that the organisation had originally sought a constitutional article from the Constituent Assembly of 2013 (also known as the Committee of 50) but that this suggestion had been rejected. Hilmī added that the Council, which is comprised of five churches, was not formed in opposition to the Muslim Brotherhood, but in the national interests of Egypt (Mustafá Rahūmah, al-Watan, Mar. 6, p. 8). Read original text in Arabic here.