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Monday, August 13, 2012

Egypt: Morsi surprised everyone by taking his hand against the military


President Mohamed Morsi Egyptian Islamist made ​​a surprise Sunday by canceling the provisions giving broad powers to the army and discarding Marshal Tantawi, Minister of Defence who was de facto head of state after the fall of Hosni MubarakTo a large redistribution of political maps, Mr. Morsi, elected in June, has also appointed a Vice-President, Judge Mahmoud Mekki, the second person to hold this position in more than 30 years. "The president has decided to cancel the constitutional declaration adopted on 17 June" by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (AFSC), which at the time leading the country in which the military arrogated including the legislature, announced the spokesman of the president, Yasser Ali. This "Declaration", adopted after the dissolution of the People's Assembly dominated by Islamists and just before the announcement of the victory of Mr. Morsi for president, had caused a deep political crisis between the army and Islamists. With the legislature, the generals kept a veto over any new legislation or budget measure and also reserved a right to look at drafting the future constitution. Mr. Morsi retrieves the Legislature and also grants the right, if the current Constitutional Commission can "complete its work", to form a new "representing all segments of Egyptian society." For the independent analyst Issandr al-Amrani, "Morsi actually, on paper, dictatorial powers". "The question is how he will use them," he said on his blog. "Given the circumstances, it is the right time to make changes in the military," said Murad Ali, a senior official of the Party for Freedom and Justice (PLJ), the formation of Mr. Morsi. "This is a strong president, and he exercises his authority," he said to AFP . Mr. Morsi also decided Sunday to retire Marshal Hussein Tantawi, long close to Hosni Mubarak, and replaced the Ministry of Defence by General Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, the head of military intelligence. The Chief of Staff of the Army and the AFSC No2, Sami Anan was also retired, and replaced by General Sobhi Sedki. MM. Tantawi and Anan, however, have both been appointed as advisors to the President Morsi, according to state media. The new vice president, Mahmoud Mekki, is a judge who played a role in the revolt of the judges in 2005 against electoral fraud during the presidential election which had ended in a landslide victory by Mr. Mubarak, finally overthrown by a popular revolt February 11, 2011. This is only the second vice-president of Egypt in 30 years. Mubarak, who was the vice president of Anwar Sadat at the time of the latter's assassination in 1981, had never filled the post until the revolt of 2011, during which he had appointed his chief information Omar Suleiman vice president. M. Morsi, formally invested on June 30, is the first civilian to enter the presidency. Since his election, he alternated compromise and battle with the army to enforce their will. The army gave to Egypt all presidents since the overthrow of the monarchy by the "Free Officers" in 1952. The Muslim Brotherhood movement, she has long repressed and kept in semi-secrecy, but with whom she has the opportunity to interact, remains his only rival in size the political arena. This dramatic turn of events came as political in terms of security of Egypt is facing a serious crisis in the Sinai Peninsula, where 16 of its border guards were killed on August 5 near the Israeli border and the 'Palestinian enclave of Gaza. The Egyptian army has been engaged in a major offensive against the "terrorist elements" accused of having led or supported the attack on the peninsula where instability has worsened considerably since the fall of Mubarak.

Billionaire Soros announced Engagement A Tamiko Bolton married 82 years, 40 years

The financier George Soros 82, was celebrated last night in his house in Southampton on Long Island (NY), his birthday, while announcing his official engagement and upcoming wedding with Tamiko Bolton, 40 years. He reports a source close to the billionaire. The two announced their intention to get married in a small group of friends and family. Soros would have made ​​the proposal in Bolton, who knows by 2008, a few days ago. It will be the third marriage for the financier, who has five children from previous marriages, and the second for Bolton.