Newly and democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi of
Egypt has put his country into chaos again, just months after the spring
uprising that unseated President Mubarak, reported the Washington Post and most
major newspapers today. Morsi made decrees which he claims are intended of defend the revolution that led to
Morsi’s election this June, including disbanding the constitutional courts. Some people think that Morsi’s decree are an
action designed to reinstate a dictatorship. Morsi defending his actions by claiming that
he was “against judges and prosecutors
for doing too little to address the corruption and abuses of Mubarak years.”
The Obama administration is
criticizing these actions. “State Department officials said the United States was
seeking an explanation for the new move, which removed all judicial checks over
Morsi ‘s actions."
As a result to Morsi’s actions, the
country has turned once again into complete chaos. Egyptians are taking to the
streets in protest, setting buildings on fire and throwing rocks. Some people
claim to fear for their lives and have resigned their jobs. They do not want to
be associated with Morsi.
Morsi claims his actions are to
protect the work of a committee appointed to draft a new constitution. Morsi
stated that he would remove his over abundance of power once the constitution
is written and a legislature is elected.
Honestly, I did not exactly know who Morsi was before starting this blog so I did a little of my own research on him. This video definitely helped me out a lot (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkzaj7K85nE). What I learned from the video was that the people of Egypt, in the past election, had the choice of voting for the old regime or taking a chance on Mohamed Morsi, a new candidate promoted by the Muslim Brotherhood. The Egyptian people took their chance on Mohamed Morsi, however since his election he has not lived up to expectations. Many of his decisions in office have been perceived by the Egyptian people as furthering the agenda of his party and his Islamist allies, rather than listening to the more secular population
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