Egypt's President Morsy Seizes Unilateral Power
Not such a good sign, non-dictatorship-wise
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy has issued an order preventing any court from overturning his decisions, essentially allowing him to run the country unchecked until a new constitution is drafted, his spokesman announced on state TV Thursday.
Morsy also ordered retrials and reinvestigations in the deaths of protesters during last year's uprising against strongman Hosni Mubarak. That could lead to the reprosecution of Mubarak, currently serving a life prison term, and several acquitted officials who served under him.
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Things are going just swimmingly in Cairo.
Good thing Shariah law could never happen here, right? Muslims love freedom and liberty, so we should open our borders to them.
Meet the new boss....
Liberty!
Wow! You can do that??
Our man in Egypt, so says Hillary, Barack and Tulpa.
Well, knock me over with a feather.
"...allowing him to run the country unchecked until a new constitution is drafted..."
Should we hold our breath on that?