Last week, SCAF issued a decree giving the military the power to arrest civilians under broad terms. If the military feels that you are inhibiting the flow of traffic, such as by protesting, you can be placed under arrest. If the military feels you are hurting the economy, such as by going on strike, you can be placed under arrest.
The Supreme Constitutional Court, staffed by judges chosen under the Mubarak regime, then dissolved the entire parliament. The given reason was that the one-third that was supposed to go solely to independents competing in winner-takes-all races went to party members that were technically independents only because they just didn’t run under their party’s banner. The rest of the parliament was chosen based on the proportion of the vote won by the party lists. The Court also overturned a rule passed by the Islamist-led parliament that former high-level regime officials like Shafiq couldn’t hold office.
“The makeup of the entire chamber is illegal and, consequently, it does not legally stand,” the Court said. The Muslim Brotherhood declared that a “full-fledged coup” had taken place. There is no possibility for appeal because it is the court with the highest authority in Egypt.
This means that full legislative powers are in the hands of the SCAF. The generals will control the budget and will soon pick the 100-person assembly to draft the next constitution under their direction. Once the new constitution is written, it must be approved in a referendum within three months. Only then can new parliamentary elections take place, which isn’t expected to happen any earlier than December. SCAF says it is still committed to handing power over to the chosen president by July, but SCAF gets to decide how much power he’ll actually have.
SCAF has the power to accept the legitimate election results or to declare the victor that it wants. It seems to be preparing the ground to invalidate Morsi’s victory. SCAF may give the presidency to the Muslim Brotherhood in order to maintain the façade of a balance of powers and to appease its main rival while shutting out genuinely secular-democratic voices. On the other hand, SCAF may be unwilling to give up even a thimble-like amount of power. If that’s the case, then Shafiq gets the presidency.
Don’t put too much emphasis on who officially wins the Egyptian presidency on Thursday. Unlike Tunisia and Libya, regime change didn’t happen in Egypt. It was a reshuffling of regime leadership. SCAF will be writing the next constitution. The future of Egypt is in the hands of the generals, just as it was before the Arab Spring.
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"The future of Egypt is in the hands of the generals, just as it was before the Arab Spring." I'm inclined to say "Thank God for that".
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Which way will the Generals swing, may depend on how much money American tax payers send
via the back door and whoever pays to play. How the military will keep the Muslim Brotherhood in
check has a potential that cold turn Egypt into another fiasco like Syria, the Generals can no more
give up power than Assad, if they do they join Mubarrack in jail or worse………I think there is a
move towards warding off complete collapse and food riots…………………..William
OBAMA CHANNELING JIMMY CARTER WARNS EGYPTIAN MILITARY TO SURRENDER TO MOSLEM BROTHERS
When Mubarak resigned on February 11, 2011, the 32nd anniversary of the radical Islamic Iranian revolution, it was a warning that a similar revolution would be coming to Egypt if the Moslem Brotherhood wasn't stopped. But our heedless, insane, brain dead president having learned nothing from the blunders Jimmy Carter made with Khomeini and the mullahs seems hellbent on repeating them with the Moslem Brothers. Throw every obstacle under the bus (Mubarak, the military, whatever) that stands in the way of the Islamic Republic of Egypt-threatening war and beating the drum like Iran does against Israel 24/7.. What a f*cken, reckless, screwball nut. Hopefully Egypt's military leaders will give Obama the finger and keep control of the country Moslem Botherhood president or not.
Comparing Obama with Carter is like comparing Hitler with Chamberlain. Alternatively, one can wake up. Just a suggestion.
There is a good likelyhood of something between violent civil unrest and a full civil war breaking out in Egypt because the radical Muslim Brotherhood has strong foothold now they won't give up.
I think history will show that the Egyptian military is up to the challenge. They have been for hundreds of years.
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QUESTION: Were Obama, liberals caught 'intellectually unprepared' for Egypt crisis???
~ All hail the wondrous HUSSEIN Obama's Brother-HOOD of Middle East Arab Spring!
.Only March 2011,
……dat newly elected Egyptian Parliament adopted a resolution calling for a belligerent policy toward Israel that would put a formal end to three decades of peaceful relations.
OH WAIT!
This is why it appears oftentimes that American liberals side with the Islamists.
As long as the peoples seem to support Hamas, or the Muslim Brotherhood, it doesn't seem to matter to the left whether the establishment of such a government would be a huge blow to American interests.
So, the first one to turn back the Obama machine! the tried and true Egyptian military machine. Yay! I know the people don't have our level of living. Duh! but this is so better in my mind than being overrun by our State Dept and the know-it-alls in O's administration. Yay for Egyptian sovereignty in any case. That is my feeling. And, they are less of a threat to us than the Muslim Brotherhood. I say Us, meaning the US and Israel and peace-loving people everywhere.