Egypt told to give military leaders 'safe exit' by western governments

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Egypt told to give military leaders 'safe exit' by western governments

Pressure applied to grant immunity, Muslim Brotherhood claims, but party insists generals will face trial over alleged killings

Jack Shenker
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 27 March 2012 19.14 BST

Western governments have been encouraging Egypt's nascent political powers to consider offering the military generals currently running the country immunity against prosecution, according to the Muslim Brotherhood.

The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (Scaf) has been in control of the country since the toppling of former president Hosni Mubarak in February 2011, with the junta's rule marked by continued violent confrontations between revolutionaries and security forces, including allegations that they have ordered the shooting of unarmed protesters.

Senior members of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice party – Egypt's largest political movement, which holds almost half the seats in the country's new parliament – have told the Guardian that the international community has been covertly lobbying them to strike a deal with Scaf that would provide a "safe exit" for the ruling generals in exchange for a smooth transition to democracy.

[font size=1]-snip-[/font]

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/27/egypt-scaf-safe-exit-deal

[bemildred]

1. Accountability is only for peasants. nt