Lawmakers from both houses of the Egyptian parliament have approved a quota ensuring that 50 of 100 seats in the panel set to write the country’s new constitution will be taken by Islamist-leaning parliamentarians. The other 50 panel members will also be chosen by parliament, and will most probably be legal experts, academicians and Muslim and Christian scholars. Elections to the two chambers took place over a three-month period, with the Muslim Brotherhood winning a majority in both houses.