Monday, November 26, 2012

Morsi's Assumption of Sweeping Powers in Egypt Concerns US

Morsi's Assumption of Sweeping Powers in Egypt Concerns US

Voice of America - ‎12 minutes ago‎
STATE DEPARTMENT - The United States is concerned about Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi taking on broader powers, saying it does not want to see too much authority resting in too few hands.
Morsi to meet senior judges to defuse crisis over powers
Opinionline: Egypt's leader in power grab
Mursi's Decrees Don't Threaten Egyptian Courts: Official
Mohamed Morsi
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Morsi's Assumption of Sweeping Powers in Egypt Concerns US

Mohammed Morsi sitting in Ittihadiya Palace, the official residence of the president, in Heliopolis, a suburb of Cairo (photo from 10/07/12).
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Morsi's Assumption of Sweeping Powers in Egypt Concerns US

These times likely will partly at least decide what kind of future Egypt will have. Morsi is likely the first democratically elected President of Egypt ever. Under these circumstances the government is very fragile because the people and the government have never experienced this before unless they have visited another democratic nation like in Europe and the Americas or Turkey where democracy has been established for some time. Because countries like Iraq and Libya and other are too new to have their democratic traditions established long enough for the people to keep them intact and stable yet. So, we will now see whether Morsi takes Egypt into a real democracy or whether his state becomes more like an Egyptian version of Iran.

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The Wall Street Journal, editorial: "The (Muslim) Brotherhood doesn't control the military or Ministry of Interior, yet neither one is going to rush to defend a more liberal Egyptian state. The military's main goal is to protect its role in government ... and the Brotherhood's draft constitution puts the military outside of civilian control. As long as Morsi doesn't challenge those interests, the military and police may let him control the courts, the media and the legislature. This is a recipe for rule a la Pakistan, with an increasingly Islamist state but the military and intelligence services as an independent power. ... Whatever Morsi intends, the Pakistan model is not a recipe for a more stable Egypt."  

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2012/11/26/egypt-morsi-power-grab-cairo-protests/1726841/ 


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