Morsi vs Egypt part 2

Disruption in Egypt is front page news again today.  In response to President Morsi's decree days ago disbanding Egyptian courts (which was included in my blog yesterday), Egyptian judges have called a strike, the New York Times reports.  President Morsi had issued an edict exempting his decrees from judicial review.  Morsi believes that the judges are not impartial and that the judges will allow a time limit to complete a new constitution lapse, leaving the country without a fundamental law.  The judges believe that Morsi is grabbing power and the absence of both a constitutional parliament and a judiciary will result in a huge step backward to another dictatorship.  Egyptians just overthrew a dictator in President Mubarak in the spring of 2011 and many Egyptians fear that Morsi is not in fair of the democracy they want.

     Morsi was recently instrumental in helping build the truce between Israel and Gaza.  He was praised around the world for his actions.  However, now his friends a denouncing his actions in limiting the power of the judges, further complicating the matter is the fact that most of the judges had been appointed by his predecessor, President Mubarak, leaving their motives open to question as well. 

     In the meantime, Egyptians have taken to the streets again, protesting Morsi's decrees and seeking democracy.  Once again, we are witnessing in Egypt the pain of moving toward democracy.