Egypt’s Democratic Dictator?
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi recently granted himself sweeping powers in order, he claims, to attain the objectives of the revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak’s dictatorship. His opponents – many of them anti-Mubarak revolutionaries – have mobilized in protest, but the real threat to democratization in Egypt lies elsewhere.
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CAIRO – Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first-ever elected civilian president, recently granted himself sweeping temporary powers in order, he claims, to attain the objectives of the revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak’s dictatorship. But the decrees incited strong opposition from many of the revolutionary forces that helped to overthrow Mubarak (as well as from forces loyal to him), with protests erupting anew in Cairo’s Tahrir Square.