A Judicial Coup In Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood-Controlled Parliament Dissolved, Military Gains Power

Democracy Now by Juan Gonzalez, Sharif Badel Kouddous | Jun. 15, 2012 (News Report)

Days before Egypt's presidential runoff, the Egyptian Supreme Court has dissolved the newly elected parliament, handing power back to the military. The court also confirmed Hosni Mubarak's former prime minister, Ahmed Shafiq, can run for president against Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi. Protests have erupted in Egypt with critics saying the decision is tantamount to a judicial coup. We go to Cairo for an update from Democracy Now! correspondent ... Full Story »

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 by Randy Morrow - Jun. 16, 2012

But what is clear is that the military council has really taken control of the basic aspects of what we were supposed to have been building in a post-Mubarak state these last 16 months. I mean, we spent three months going to parliamentary elections, and that’s just been voided. There’s been no reform in the security apparatus. There’s been no reform of the media. There’s been no reform of the judiciary. So, really, the Mubarak regime is still very much in place. —- There’s also just one other thing I—a very important point to mention that was announced this week was that the Justice Ministry decreed basically giving military officers, intelligence officers, military police the right to detain and arrest citizens, to arrest civilians.

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