Egypt: Morsi dictatorship: The Egyptian Prez is moving furiously to dam the holes in his take-over policy

Besides acing it in his brokerage of a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza (Iran is said to be busy re-arming Hamas with rockets and missiles), and winning USA Secretary of State Hilary Clinton's praise, then turning around "emboldened" to declare himself virtually a dictator "temporarily," Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi (other spellings in English: Mursi, Morsy) has seized the initiative in his country's politics and now is trying to win conciliations with those who object to his drastic latest move.
Today he has been meeting with members of the country's highest judicial body, which termed his move an "unprecedented attack."  Besides insisting that his decrees were "temporary," the Prez also "stressed its commitment to engaging all political forces in dialogue 'to reach a national consensus on the constitution, which will be the cornerstone of Egyptyian modern institutions.' "

— Politicarp, refWrite Frontpage politics newspotter, analyst, and columnist


Ahram, Cairo, Egypt (Nov26,2k12)

Morsi advisor resigns over 'undemocratic' Constitutional Declaration

Samir Morcos, a Coptic Christian presidential advisor, resigns in protest at Morsi's Constitutional Declaration which he says is 'undemocratic and a leap backwards'

Ahram Online, Friday 23 Nov 2012

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A presidential advisor has announced his resignation in protest at President Morsi's Constitutional Declaration.  "I have taken the decision to resign because I was not consulted on the latest decision," Samir Morcos, presidential advisor for the democratic transition and state modernisation, told the Al-Ahram Arabic news website on Friday.

President Morsi's surprise announcement on Thursday has incurred widespread criticism
from secular political groups and is the main driver behind Friday's mass protests in Tahrir Square.

The Constitutional Declaration stated the president's decisions cannot be overturned by any
judicial authority. Morsi now has legislative, executive, constitutional and judicial authority, leading commentators and protesters to dub him the "new Pharaoh."

Morcos, one of the three Coptic Christians on the president's 17-person advisory team, said the
declaration was "undemocratic and a leap backwards."

He added that he would announce the details of his resignation once it was accepted and that his
decision was final.