In a bid to do what a civilian government SHOULD do, the
elected President of Egypt is trying to get control of the military:
President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt
forced the retirement on Sunday of his powerful defense minister, the
army chief of staff and several senior generals, in a stunning purge
that seemed for the moment to reclaim for civilian leaders much of the
political power the Egyptian military had seized since the fall of Hosni
Mubarak last year.
Mr. Morsi also nullified a constitutional declaration, issued by the military
before he was elected, that eviscerated the powers of the presidency
and arrogated to the military the right to enact laws. It was not
immediately clear whether he had the constitutional authority to cancel
that decree.
We'll see how this works out.
Rising Hegemon
3 comments:
Ah, well, something similar happened in this country, oh, about fifty years ago. Kennedy tried to gain control of the military, too.
And, as we all know, Kennedy's long gone, but the military is still here, and much more powerful than it was then.
egypt need to run a washington.
Aw, this was an extremely nice post. Spending some time and actual effort to produce a top notch article… but what can I say… I put things off a lot and never manage to get nearly anything done.
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