Post-revolution polls in Egypt

trustbutverify said:
After announcing the week long "deadline" and the current 48 hour version, the army has been practically begging Morsi to meet an array of benchmarks designed to possibly deflate the situation while still remaining in office. Had he given command something substantial to hang its hat on, they would have been more than happy stay above the fray. But this ridiculous posture of the protector of the Egyptian people against military domination and portraying the massive crowds as Mubarak supporters has sealed this regimes fate. The army wanted no part of this, they were forced.

But personally, I have no problem with these religious bigots being swept out of power.
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Well, it illustrates one thing: Egyptians are right to want him gone.

If he can't even engage in some token dialogue, he's an idiot.
 
trustbutverify said:
So it begins... the Army has taken over State TV.
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And they're at least making a token effort at showing they don't want to go back to the rule-by-SCAF days:

President Mohammed Morsi refused to step down Wednesday and called on the military not to "take sides" even as the army chief of staff met with opposition figures and religious leaders to discuss its "road map" for dramatic political reform.

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The meeting between opposition groups and army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was announced by opposition spokesman Khaled Dwoud in a live telephone interview with state television.

It included Mohamed ElBaradei, Egypt's leading democracy advocate, who represents the opposition National Salvation Front coalition and the youth groups leading anti-Morsi protesters. Also in attendance to discuss the proposed political "road map" were Sheik Ahmed el-Tayeb, grand imam of Al-Azhar mosque, and Pope Tawadros II, patriarch of Egypt's Coptic Christian minority.

Freedom and Justice party members say they refused an invitation to take part in the meeting.

Mohamed Abou El Ghar, president of the Egyptian Social Democratic party, tells USA TODAY that the opposition is demanding that Morsi must go, and that there should be a "civilian, temporary, honorary president, preferably from the higher constitutional court and a civilian prime minister with a small cabinet to run the country in the coming period."

"The military and the police should only guard the borders and the security inside the country," he said. "So, it should be clear in the minds of the West that this is not a coup. This is not a military coup."
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trustbutverify said:
Had he given command something substantial to hang its hat on, they would have been more than happy stay above the fray. But this ridiculous posture of the protector of the Egyptian people against military domination and portraying the massive crowds as Mubarak supporters has sealed this regimes fate. The army wanted no part of this, they were forced.
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Well, he offered some considerable steps in last night's speech:

In a televised address on Tuesday, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi called for dialogue, saying he was engaged with members of the opposition – without mentioning which groups – for an initiative aimed at resolving the current political crisis.

He said the initiative included forming a new government, hastening the passage of parliamentary elections laws so as to hold elections within six months, forming a committee to review proposed constitutional amendments, resolving disagreements over Egypt's prosecutor-general, and promoting the inclusion of youth in government. [...]
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And just half an hour ago:

16:50 The president’s office have issued a statement reaffirming Morsi’s commitment to the roadmap announced in his speech yesterday, which includes the forming of a coalition government and a committee to amend the constitution.
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I read some unconfirmed report on Reddit that there are some Hamas brigades in Egypt wanting to defend the MB.

I seriously hope no human could be dumb enough to think this could work.
 
The only real option left to The Brotherhood in the last hours was probably to meet with top opposition leaders and set an immediate election, administered by the Carter foundation or some such third party. But I suppose that would have been a virtual resignation at this point.
 
Eddie Dane said:
I read some unconfirmed report on Reddit that there are some Hamas brigades in Egypt wanting to defend the MB.

I seriously hope no human could be dumb enough to think this could work.
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The biggest risk here is that the Brotherhood getting booted from power after winning the elections like they did will pretty much torpedo their plans and desires to work within a political framework (since they'll see that it gets them nowhere in the end), and induce them to turn to more militant and violent means like the al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya used in order to establish their ideal Islamist state.
 
ANTPogo said:
The biggest risk here is that the Brotherhood getting booted from power after winning the elections like they did will pretty much torpedo their plans and desires to work within a political framework (since they'll see that it gets them nowhere in the end), and induce them to turn to more militant and violent means like the al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya used in order to establish their ideal Islamist state.
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Don't know. If they participate in new elections, they'll probably still do well with large groups of Egyptians.

So, they'll have a seat at the table.

In South America various extremist movements (Maoist and such) were pretty much pacified when given access to the political process.
 
Egypt security slaps travel ban on Morsi, top Islamists

Egyptian security forces on Wednesday, July 3, imposed a travel ban on President Mohamed Morsi and several top Islamist allies over their involvement in a prison escape in 2011, security officials said.

Airport officials confirmed to AFP that they had received orders to prevent the leaders – including Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood chief Mohammed Badie and his deputy Khairat al-Shater – from travelling abroad.
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