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The Post-Revolutionary Turmoil in Egypt

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Protestors in Alexandria, Egypt yesterday

 

 

 

Revolutions and their aftermaths tend to be messy affairs; witness Egypt, the latest example of a country in post-revolutionary turmoil.

In summary, after some 30 years of Hosni Mubarak's repressive rule, the Egyptian people, with the aid of their military refusing to follow Mubarak's orders and fire on those people, overthrew the oppressor in February, 2011.

That military, with the top generals at the helm, ruled the country until a presidential election was held in June 2012 and Mohammad Morsi, a former member of the Muslim Brotherhood was elected.

An earlier parliamentary election was held but that assembly was dissolved by the country's Supreme Court (significantly all holdover appointees of the deposed Mubarak) before Morsi was elected.

Morsi as the newly elected president attempted to have the Parliament reseated but was rebuffed by the Court, clearly a ruling by the Court to assert its power over the president.

The president did assert his new authority and had all the top generals resign their posts thus securing his office as the commander over the military (a totally popular move supported by the people).

Meanwhile a separate "constitutional assembly" had been selected to write the country's new constitution which was just recently completed. A referendum vote by the people on that document is scheduled for December 15, five days from today.

However previously and most significantly, on November 22 Morsi issued a decree temporally granting him supreme power, not to be overruled by the courts. The decree was prompted by the Court threatening to dissolve the "constitutional assembly" and the Constitution it had written before it could be voted on by the people. To Morsi, the vote on the new Constitution was all important, delineating the rule of law which the country would abide, including the limits of power of the presidency which Morsi declared he would follow.

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