CONSEQUENTLY (my apologies to "Americans" who do not understand the meaning of the word "consequently, nor the concept of consequences):
Egypt’s Islamist President Refuses To Back Down From His Decrees Granting Himself Near Absolute Powers
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s president told the country’s top judges Monday that he did not infringe on their authority when he seized near absolute powers, setting up a prolonged showdown on the eve of a mass protest planned by opponents of the Islamist leader.
An aide to President Mohammed Morsi said the decree was limited to “sovereignty-related issues,” but that did not satisfy his critics.
The uncompromising stance came during a meeting between Morsi and members of the Supreme Judiciary Council in a bid to resolve a four-day crisis that has plunged the country into a new round of turmoil with clashes between the two sides that have left one protester dead and hundreds wounded.
The judiciary, the main target of Morsi’s edicts, also has pushed back, calling the decrees a power grab and an “assault” on the branch’s independence. Judges and prosecutors stayed away from many courts in Cairo and other cities on Sunday and Monday.
A spokesman said Morsi told the judges that he acted within his right as the nation’s sole source of legislation when he issued decrees putting himself above judicial oversight. The president also extended the same immunity to two bodies dominated by his Islamist allies — a panel drafting a new constitution and parliament’s mostly toothless upper chamber.
The spokesman, Yasser Ali, also told reporters that Morsi assured the judges that the decrees did not in any way “infringe” on the judiciary and that they were “temporary” and limited only to “sovereignty-related issues.”
3 comments:
Carney's self esteem must be abysmal! He makes no sense. He says they want what the Egyptian people want? Egyptians are in the street by the tens or hundreds of thousand asking Morsi to back up.
What I fund interesting, is that by WH accounts, Obama spoke to Morsi THREE TIMES on the 20th, and at least one call was for 20 minutes. The next day Morsi grabs power. What are the chances this is a coincidence? And now not a peep from the WH, just the Carney fool embarrassing himself.
I doubt FOIA would apply to these phone conversations. But wouldn't it be interesting to know what was said and agreed?
Charles, I think you hit the nail on the head about Carney. He has seemed increasingly shaky, and at one point a month or two back, Gibbs took over for him for a couple weeks.
That is interesting about Morsi and Obama talking on the phone.
Do you have any links on that?
I found several. Just Google Obama Morsi phone conversation, or Obama Morsi truce congratulation. You will find several, and the info comes fromm the WH. They were very proud of their achievement. I guess that giving the fox the keys to the hen pen really takes a lot of finesse ...
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