It has not been a good week for the military-led, much-trumpeted return to democratic rule in Egypt following the forcible removal from power of President Mohammed Morsi in the summer. Publication of the new draft constitution by a 50-strong committee led by Amr Moussa, the former foreign minister and Arab League secretary general, was supposed to be a new start, but it was unable to decide key issues such as whether to hold presidential or parliamentary elections first.