18-06-2012, 05:31 PM
(This post was last modified: 18-06-2012, 05:49 PM by Peter Lemkin.)
They just went one step further and announced that the newly elected President will have only a short period in office [which time, they will decide when they are ready]....after that....it seems there will be only the Military again.....gone the Legislative, Executive President and hopes of the Egyptian People. There are calls for rallies in the Square in Cairo tomorrow....stay tuned.
NB - the 'logic' they used was Orwellian, at best. the President can not stay long in office as there is no Legislature. The Legislature the Military Council had abolished because it had been elected illegally [according to the Court they control]. There is NO constitution, and if one is written, it will be written by the Military, who have already announced that neither the Legislature [if any] or the President [if any] will have any control OVER the Military; the Military will also have full control over government spending - of all sorts - not just military. They [the Military] will decide all...and have for now decided they are the only body with authority. They will [for a short time] allow a President, who has only ceremonial powers. What a joke.....For this, many Egyptians were in the street for weeks, were beaten/imprisoned/tortured and lost their lives. I think the country will explode sooner, rather than later.....and, yes, I'd fully expect in a few weeks they will announce that Mubarak due to 'ill health' can go home for 'house arrest' - in his luxury villa on the Red Sea.
NB - the 'logic' they used was Orwellian, at best. the President can not stay long in office as there is no Legislature. The Legislature the Military Council had abolished because it had been elected illegally [according to the Court they control]. There is NO constitution, and if one is written, it will be written by the Military, who have already announced that neither the Legislature [if any] or the President [if any] will have any control OVER the Military; the Military will also have full control over government spending - of all sorts - not just military. They [the Military] will decide all...and have for now decided they are the only body with authority. They will [for a short time] allow a President, who has only ceremonial powers. What a joke.....For this, many Egyptians were in the street for weeks, were beaten/imprisoned/tortured and lost their lives. I think the country will explode sooner, rather than later.....and, yes, I'd fully expect in a few weeks they will announce that Mubarak due to 'ill health' can go home for 'house arrest' - in his luxury villa on the Red Sea.
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"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass