Well, since my prior post on Egypt, things 'changed' fundamentally when the military stepped in and executed a coup d'etat. This removed any need to follow the strictures of the constitution, and they appointed a committee to propose changes to it to both open up the process of running for President, and to limit the holder to two lifetime terms, to try to block the emergence of a new 'pharaonic' Mubarak-clone down
the road. Also included were changes in the way candidates for the parliament were selected and vetted - this has been moved to a control of the Judiciary. Overall the actions were to entrust oversight of the whole process to judges, instead of the more political branches. Hopefully this will lead to a big improvement in openness, transparency and democracy.
By and large the people seemed content with the actions of the military, which caught me by surprise, to be honest. I hadn't thought the 'civilian' government so hated as a whole that people would *prefer* the army to kick them out. Well, I live, and I learn.
More later.
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By and large the people seemed content with the actions of the military, which caught me by surprise, to be honest. I hadn't thought the 'civilian' government so hated as a whole that people would *prefer* the army to kick them out. Well, I live, and I learn.
More later.
