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kobo
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 04 Jul 2013 : 02:24:40
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President Morsi overthrown in Egypt
Aljazeera: 04 Jul 2013
Morsi reportedly being held with top aides at a military facility after army suspends constitution.
The Egyptian army has overthrown President Mohamed Morsi, announcing a roadmap for the country’s political future that will be implemented by a national reconciliation committee.
According to a senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood, Morsi is being held in a military facility with top aides.
"Morsi and the entire presidential team are under house arrest in the Presidential Republican Guards Club," Gehad El-Haddad, the son of a top Morsi aide, told AFP news agency on Thursday. Haddad's father, Essam El-Haddad, widely seen as Morsi's right-hand man, was among those held, he added.
The head of Egypt's armed forces issued a declaration on Wednesday evening suspending the constitution and appointing the head of the Supreme Constitutional Court, Adly Mansour, as interim head of state.
Mansour would be sworn in on Thursday.
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 08 Jul 2013 : 08:05:20
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African Union suspends Egypt
Fifty-four member bloc suspends Egypt from all activities following President Morsi's ouster in a military coup.
Aljazeera: Published on 06 Jul 2013 03:57
African Union (AU) has suspended Egypt from all activities following the overthrow of the government, a senior official has said.
The decision of the 54-member bloc came while demonstrations in support of ousted president Mohammed Morsi were going on in Cairo, the Egyptian capital.
"As mandated by the relevant AU instruments, the African Union Peace and Security Council decides to suspend the participation of Egypt in AU activities until the restoration of constitutional order," Admore Kambudzi, Secretary of the Peace and Security Council of AU, said after a meeting on Friday.
Suspension decision is the AU's usual response to any interruption of constitutional rule by a member state.
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Egypt's Brotherhood alleges Cairo massacre
Muslim Brotherhood says 34 of its supporters killed in shooting during dawn prayers.
Aljazeera: Published on 08 Jul 2013
A deadly shooting at the site of a sit-in by Muslim Brotherhood supporters in Cairo, demanding the reinstatement of ousted President Mohamed Morsi, has left many people dead.
Egypt medical sources said 16 had been killed, but a Brotherhood spokesman said 34 of its supporters were killed in the shootings.
Mohamed Mohamed Ibrahim El-Beltagy, a Brotherhood MP, described the incident during the early hours of Monday as a "massacre" during dawn prayers, after police had stormed the site.
About 500 people were also reportedly injured.
A doctor told Al Jazeera that "majority of injured had gunshot wounds to the head".
The Brotherhood said the dead and injured have been taken to a makeshift hospital in Nasr City, a neighbourhood in the Egyptian capital.........
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Morsi Spurned Deals, Seeing Military as Tamed
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and MAYY EL SHEIKH
CAIRO — As President Mohamed Morsi huddled in his guard’s quarters during his last hours as Egypt’s first elected leader, he received a call from an Arab foreign minister with a final offer to end a standoff with the country’s top generals, senior advisers with the president said.....
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03 Aug 2013 : 19:50:43
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WHAT THE EGYPTIAN MILITARY SHOULD HAVE DONE AND THE OPTION
By Ousman Njie
Published on Friday, 02 August 2013
"June 30 marked the overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi by the Egyptian military led by General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. President Morsi assumed office a year ago and is considered to be the fifth President of Egypt, but the first to be elected in an election that was contested by equals. The race was close and many Egyptians boycotted the elections thus making Egypt a divided country.
The objective of the Egyptian Revolution should have been to create a secular sovereign Republic which enable each sovereign Egyptian citizen to have equal say on how Egypt irrespective of colour, gender, religion, property ownership or birth. This is only possible if all the political forces focused on consolidating the sovereignty of the people. If each recognises the others sovereignty rather than operate as a sectarian bloc, peace would have prevailed in Egypt and those who have ideas on how to build a country that could guarantee the civil, political, economic, social, cultural, ecological rights of the people would have had more exposure to assume position of leadership.
President Morsi should have understood the demands of the situation and separate himself from party and sectarian alliances and constitute a transitional government that was inclusive in order to maintain the pro democracy alliance until a genuine Republican Constitution is put in place and democratic institutions and political culture enhanced and then step down after the first term.
Unfortunately, partisan and sectarian politics took the upper hand in Egypt after the fall of Mubarak. This drove rival factions into the street thus creating a law, order and security problem which made the military to appear as the custodian of peace, security, stability and national unity. The military first warned that the ruling party and the opposition should put their house in order or risk military intervention. The pro Morsi and Anti Morsi demonstrations intensified thus leading to potential clashes.
Instead of remaining as a neutral broker for peace, the Military decided to take over and forged an alliance with the anti Morsi Camp. President Morsi was put under arrest which led to protests by the Pro Morsi Camp for a restoration of his presidency.
The Military assumed that once it surrenders power to a civilian Cabinet, the Pro Morsi Camp would yield and allow a transition to take place. Herein lay its error.
In our view, the greatest strength of the military at the beginning lay in its neutrality. At the beginning, both camps were trying to draw the weight of the military on its side. It was this point that the military should have urged all protesters to remain peaceful and call for the leaders of each side to meet in the presence of envoys from the AU, Arab League and UN to agree on a transitional arrangement that would restore the Governability of Egypt.
This would have led to a democratic transition acceptable to all sides. Now that the Pro Morsi camp is in the street and could only be removed through bloodshed, the anti Morsi camp should (not) take the street again and the military should make it very clear that the two sides should broker a transitional arrangement that would restore the Governability of Egypt pending elections.
This is the only way to avoid bloodshed and instability."
Source: Foroyaa Editorial |
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