Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohammed Badie. His party is one of the groups
threatening to boycott the upcoming election
Posted on 09/30/2011 11:52:15 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
The credibility of Egypt's first democratic exercise since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak is in doubt after the opposition threatened to boycott elections.
Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohammed Badie. His party is one of the groups
threatening to boycott the upcoming election
A coalition of Islamist and secular parties, including the Muslim Brotherhood, accused the country's military leaders of plotting to ensure that the former president's loyalists retained a significant presence in the first parliament of the post-Mubarak era. Elections are scheduled for November.
They demanded that the ruling military council, which has ruled Egypt since Mr Mubarak's downfall in February, institute electoral reforms by Sunday or face a boycott and renewed popular protests on the streets.
The row marks a new chapter in the increasingly tense relationship between the secular opposition movement behind the popular revolution that ousted Mr Mubarak and the generals that have governed Egypt since then.
The army played a crucial role in forcing the former dictator from power by refusing orders to shoot at protesters, a decision that ensured that Egypt's revolution was spared bloodshed on the same scale as in Libya and Syria.
But the generals' close relationship with Mr Mubarak during the 30 years he was in power remains the subject of intense suspicion for many Egyptians.
An earlier confrontation was averted when the military leadership reluctantly put Mr Mubarak on trial last month, but tensions have been rising over accusations that the generals have deliberately slowed the pace of reform.
November's parliamentary election is seen as a vital test for the stability of Egypt. An opposition boycott or any perception that the contest has been unfair could easily tip the country back into violence, observers say.
The opposition coalition, which groups together 60 parties, has
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>> An opposition boycott or any perception that the contest has been unfair could easily tip the country back into violence, observers say.
“Inspiring.” (not my words)
Is this “Supreme Guide” the Kleagle of Muslim Brotherhod?
No surprise here - the same folks the WH and its cronies said would not be a threat, and would be an asset to democracy, are opposing democracy. Who’d a thunk?
Isn't that like saying if The RATS boycotted next years elections, THAT would lead to violence? How does this compute?
Now, if The Bruthahhood decided to CANCEL elections like Gov. Sally Perdue is suggesting....
A boycott by the Muslim Brotherhood? What’s not to like?
As a prelude to insurrection, there's plenty to dislike. I think the MB suspected they would not win the election, and decided to follow an alternate route to power.
They demanded that the ruling military council, which has ruled Egypt since Mr Mubarak's downfall in February, institute electoral reforms by Sunday or face a boycott and renewed popular protests on the streets.And it's easy to see why Egypt wants to diversify its arms sources by buying from European suppliers. Zero will sell them down the river (in the case, not an expression) just as he dumped on Gaddafy, while failing to do anything at all against pro-Iranian Axis-of-Terror charter member Assad in Syria.
You caught this too, eh? The military has always been calling the shots.
Da Brotherhood knows what happened the last time they pissed off the Army.
yitbos
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