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Saturday, November 24, 2012

Protesters set fire to several branches of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt


The venerated Tahrir Square occupied in recent months by a coven of bearded, is now territory of his detractors. The constitutional declaration of President Mohamed Mursi, who shielded her figure yesterday and the process of drafting the constitution dominated by Islamists, has been at war with the Egyptian opposition fragmented, who returns to the 'kilometer zero' of the revolution denounce the authoritarian successor of Hosni Mubarak.  Protesters took the central crossroads in a Friday dubbed 'The eyes of the revolution' , in honor of the tens of Egyptians who lost some vision in fierce clashes with police that have happened since the triumph of the revolution in February 2011Meanwhile, supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood , the powerful Islamist organization belonging to the 'rais'-gathered in the vicinity of one of the presidential palace as a sign of support for the president. Opposite and parallel citations showed the stark polarization in the country's most populous Arab world. Suddenly, this division became apparent in the form of fire. Several Muslim Brotherhood headquarters were torched by protesters at noon, according to Egyptian state television. The flames took their toll on the premises of Freedom and Justice party of the Muslim Brotherhood.Several of these offices in Alexandria, the second city and stronghold of the Islamist formations were attacked by protesters. And three others have been burned its political wing headquarters in Suez, Port Said and Ismailiya, north of Cairo. The cause of the unrest has been the president, Mohamed Mursi , who today, after meeting with prayer at a mosque in Cairo, said: "God willing we will continue and no one will stand in our way . " "I fulfill my duty to please God and the nation and make the decisions after consulting with all," he assured before underlining that victory "will not come without a clear plan." "And that's what I have," he added.

The controversial statement

Mursi, elected in June in the first presidential elections in Egyptian history, yesterday issued a constitutional declaration that becomes "appealed" all laws and resolutions adopted since coming to power until the entry into force of the new Constitution and the Parliament election.The paper considers extinct lawsuits filed against its measures and prohibits the dissolution of the Shura Council (Upper House) and the Constituent Assembly debate on the legality of which must soon decide the Constitutional Court. The "coup", as several opposition leaders have called the resolution of the President, threatening to burn down the eventful and complex democratic change in Egypt. " Mursi usurped today [yesterday] all branches of government and declared himself the new Pharaoh ", lamented the Nobel Peace Prize Mohamed ElBaradei on his Twitter account. The former diplomat also urged to take the street: "work together as Egyptians until we achieve the goals of the revolution." The Mursi cracking of the judiciary , which is completed by the dismissal of Attorney General to dispatch and tried unsuccessfully last month, has achieved in less than 24 hours which hitherto was a chimera:unite a fragmented and little disciplined opposition of liberals and leftists . Along with El Baradei , the former presidential candidates Amr Moussa and Hamdin Sabahi called demonstrations in a joint press conference. The training organizers claim that the president "has robbed the people and institutions all rights and powers ". The presidential announcement also includes the repetition of investigations and prosecutions of those involved in the killing of protesters during the 25 January revolution and episodes of a chaotic and painful political transition . A nod to the revolutionaries who have shown their anger against a slow and often little reckoning with the dictatorship.

'Assault on the rule of law'

For Human Rights Watch researcher Heba Morayef, "Egypt needs judicial reform and the Attorney General is a vestige Mubarak, but the president the power to grant absolute immunity is not the way to do it." The earthquake has also had replicas and the judiciary, where the mighty Judges Club is willing to stop the work of the courts in retaliation to "assault on the rule of law and judicial independence." The venue chosen for the protests, the symbolic Tahrir , from earlier this week attending the clashes between demonstrators and security forces that have left one dead and over a hundred injured. At one end of the square, Mohamed Mahmoud Street-grounded since last year by sporadic activists scuffle between police and passers-received with a large banner that warns: "No access to the Muslim Brotherhood." The Mursi decree surprise comes at a key moment of transition , with the final work of a Constituent Assembly who have deserted the liberals, activists and representatives of the Coptic Christian minority, and legislative elections, after the dissolution of justice dictated by Parliament last June, should take place immediately after the ratification of the Constitution in a referendum. The presidential statement grants two month extension to the committee drafting the constitution, so that the process could last until next February.

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