Yes, sirs! No Parliament -- yes, sirs!

[Kulindahr]

The generals in charge are moving: Egypt's constitution is suspended and parliament dissolved. The first was necessary to keep form; the constitution granted no authority to dissolve the chief legislative body.

A military statement read: "The higher council of the armed forces will manage the affairs of the country for a temporary period of six months or until the end of elections to the upper and lower houses of parliament, and presidential elections."

The army made some of the protesters unhappy by working to clear Tahrir square. Many protesters just continued their clean-up efforts, others stood fast.

But they remained hopeful, trusting the military's promise. Yet... does no one see the loophole in the army's promise? Or am I just imagining it?



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[kallipolis]

The generals in charge are moving: Egypt's constitution is suspended and parliament dissolved. The first was necessary to keep form; the constitution granted no authority to dissolve the chief legislative body.



The army made some of the protesters unhappy by working to clear Tahrir square. Many protesters just continued their clean-up efforts, others stood fast.

But they remained hopeful, trusting the military's promise. Yet... does no one see the loophole in the army's promise? Or am I just imagining it?



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Retiring the figure head does not remove the military regime from its position as the final arbiter of power in Egypt.

What ever government takes power in the Autumn will still have the armed forces offering guidance, and appropriate support to ensure that the governance of Egypt ultimately remains in the hands of the armed forces.

As things appear to change, so they remain the same.

 

[JB3]

From what I understand, suspending the constitution also had to do with the fact that it had been so profoundly altered to keep Mubarak in power that keeping it at this point of time would have been worse than having no constitution at all.

 

[rareboy]

Actually the dismissal of parliament was one of the demands of the protestors, since it was dominated by the regime's lackeys and reactionaries.

 

[Kulindahr]

^^ and ^

True on both. I was sort of driving at what Kalli said better.

 

[BigChicken]

The sad thing about it is that if the Muslim Brotherhood comes to power, they will attempt to kill any openly gay people there.

 

[rareboy]

^ Yeah. Like the christian US missionaries are getting the government of Uganda to do.

 

[Kulindahr]

^ Yeah. Like the christian US missionaries are getting the government of Uganda to do.

There's a phrase that manages to insult lots of people at once: Christians, the US, missionaries, government, and Uganda.

These people claim there's no missing link.

But they are the missing link -- subhumans, closer to Neanderthals.