Crowds in Cairo praise Morsi's army overhaul

Source: Aljazeera English

The Egyptian president has ordered the powerful head of the army and defence minister, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, and several senior generals into retirement and canceled constitutional amendments issued by the military restricting presidential powers.

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Thousands of Egyptians celebrated the announcement on Sunday night in Cairo’s Tahrir Square that played home to the protests that ousted Mubarak.

"The people support the president's decision," the crowd chanted.

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Al Jazeera’s Rawya Rageh, reporting from Cairo, said: "The country may be without a constitution, but there are constitutional declarations that specify the job description of the president, and it is perfectly within the realm of his authority to hire and fire senior government officials."

Read more: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/08/201281215511142445.html

Could we call this a "Presidential Coup"? Seems like Morsi might get away w/ this.

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Crowds in Cairo praise Morsi's army overhaul (Original post)	al bupp	Aug 2012	OP
K&R	redqueen	Aug 2012	#1
Not a coup.	Ash_F	Aug 2012	#2
Yep. Boggles me that anyone'd call this a coup.	Posteritatis	Aug 2012	#3
Even in the USA, the military has too much power.	Ash_F	Aug 2012	#4

Response to al bupp (Original post)

Mon Aug 13, 2012, 01:44 PM

Ash_F (1,744 posts)

2. Not a coup.

Should public policy be dictated by un-elected military officials?

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Mon Aug 13, 2012, 01:55 PM

Posteritatis (17,306 posts)

3. Yep. Boggles me that anyone'd call this a coup.

Though there's plenty of DUers who prefer military government in Arab countries, so I'm not really surprised to see the term used to describe the constitutional head of the country taking his powers back from the army.

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Response to Posteritatis (Reply #3)

Mon Aug 13, 2012, 02:10 PM

Ash_F (1,744 posts)

4. Even in the USA, the military has too much power.

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Obama, Bush, LBJ... it seems our presidents just kind of nod along with what the generals and their handlers want to do. Just along for the ride.

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Crowds in Cairo praise Morsi's army overhaul

1. K&R

2. Not a coup.

3. Yep. Boggles me that anyone'd call this a coup.

4. Even in the USA, the military has too much power.