power grab, if you will -- we'll call it that -- began, there was some sense and some analysis that this was an effort to -- an effort at efficiency, to get things down and that the democratic process would be restored. that seems increasingly less the case. this seems like a consolidation of power. what is your read on the situation? >> well, i think it's very important to depending on who you ask you get a different read. if you start with the president's camp, and that is president morsi backed by the hardline islamist groups, politicians, including the muslim brotherhood freedom and justice party, they are advocating to go ahead with this referendum on time because of several reasons. they say this will chart a transition to democracy. it will prop up back the institutions of the state that had all but collapsed after the revolution. they want to see this go ahead as scheduled, but as you mention, there's the other side. the national salvation front, which is a grouping of several secular and liberal opposition groups. they are saying this constitution falls short of international standards. it does not represent all of egyptians, and more importantly, it will pave the way for an