I guess the support of the Arab spring uprising is NOT leaning towards democracy....
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Egypt President Mohamed Morsi expands authority in power grab
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi expanded his authority Thursday in a startling power grab that weakens the courts and frees him from judicial oversight amid deepening political intrigue in the Arab world's most populous nation.
The Islamist president's bold gesture, which infuriated civil rights leaders, came the day after he was praised for negotiating a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. Thursday's move in effect makes Morsi, who already holds executive and legislative powers, the ultimate force in a country that has no parliament and has yet to draft a new constitution.
The decree, which still could be challenged by the Supreme Constitutional Court, extends immunity to the Islamist-led assembly writing the constitution. The court has been reviewing whether to dissolve the body over legitimacy questions. But Morsi's decision appears to protect from judicial oversight an assembly that secularists accuse of wanting to impose sharia, or Islamic law.
And just to continue that train of thought, I can't wait to see an Arab winter in Giza. I always wondered what the pyramids would look like with snow on top.
"Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi defended his latest decree granting himself sweeping powers before supporters in Cairo as anti-Morsi demonstrators set fire to Muslim Brotherhood offices in cities across Egypt on Friday. ............."
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