World News: Military Leaders Claim Full legislative authority in Egypt

Egypt's  Revolution has encountered a major setback

Violence from Egyptian Revolt

Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court ruled the country's parliament invalid today. This marks what could be the end of Egypt's brave attempt at democracy. The fate of the countries future rests in the hands of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. The Supreme Council, under the leadership of Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, will be calling a 100 person assembly that will write the country's new constituion.




              Today we will be turning the Eye of the internet towards Egypt, but first I need to bring any readers who have not been following this story up to speed; On January 25th 2011 Egyptian citizens took to the streets to protest against the rule of President Hosni Mubarak. The protest turned violent the day after. As the movement grew the protests grew more violent and by January 31th there were well over 250,000 protesters in Tahnir Square demonstrating against Mubarak. The Egyptian military soon adopted a neutral stance in the conflict, siding neither with the government or the protesters. After continued protest and violence Mubarak surrendered his power to the Supreme Council of Egyptian Armed Forces on Friday February 11th 2011, this day became know as "Friday of Departure".
           In the following months the original constitution and parliament were dissolved, elections were held, and a new parliament was formed to draft a new constitution. The region was still very unstable, many protesters were not happy with the new ways either.  However, Egypt's Constitutional Court ruled the new parliament invalid today.
          But why was the parliament dissolved? Well the court found that the parliamentary election methods were invalid. This means that the ballots cast were not properly counted and or the methods of election were generally "unfair". This left Egypt without a parliament, which is why the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) took over and promised a new constitution quickly. This has outraged members of the Muslim Brotherhood (Egypts largest Islamist party) they are calling it a "military coup". They believe SCAF is operating against the very democracy they promised to help create. It seems that the chances for a democratic government for Egypt are slipping away. After more than a year of death and destruction, the Egyptians may be right back where they started. The military has lifted the bans that stopped members of Mubarak's regime from running for election. Egypt could very possibly see the old regime return. When asked about it protesters stated. "We'd be outraged, if we weren't so exhausted." That seems to be a strong sentiment coming from the revolutionaries, and if this is true how much longer can they hold on?
         So what do you think? Has all the violence been for naught? Or will the military establish fair election procedures and bring the return of the democracy? Let us know in a comment down below.

-HowEyeSeeThings-
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Sources:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/14/world/meast/egypt-ruling/index.html?npt=NP1

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