President Mohammed Morsi is not Egypt’s only guilty party
Egypt’s elected president Mohammed Morsi was turning out to be a dictator. By granting himself unprecedented powers, he brought the most populous Arab nation to the brink of civil war.
That’s one part of the story. There’s another.
As scandalous as Morsi’s power grab was, it was triggered by the opposition’s anti-democratic tactics.
Many of those berating him for being undemocratic never fully accepted the results of a series of elections in the last 20 months. Trying to derail both elected institutions and representatives, they have been holding democracy hostage to their own agenda.
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1299571--siddiqui-president-mohammed-morsi-in-not-egypt-s-only-guilty-party
"Protest Here is Vigorous": Unrest, Polarization Before Egypt’s Referendum
SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS: Mass protests, deepening polarization and new levels of political violence. Nearly two years after it launched a revolution, Egypt finds itself in the throes of a severe transitional crisis. Amidst the turmoil, a highly contentious referendum on the country’s new constitution looms just days away.
The firestorm was ignited three weeks ago, when the elected president, Mohamed Morsi, issued a controversial declaration that granted him near-absolute powers and placed him beyond the reach of the judiciary. The decree sparked some of the largest street demonstrations in Egypt since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, but this time the anger was directed at the elected president and the group he hails from, the Muslim Brotherhood.
At the center of the crisis lies the constitution. Morsi and his supporters have made it clear the main reason the president issued his controversial decree was to protect the body that was drafting the new constitution from possible dissolution by the courts.
http://www.democracynow.org/2012/12/11/protest_here_is_vigorous_sharif_abdel
The Star may need to exercise a bit more editorial power on their writers?
