22 November declaration
- All investigations into the killing of protesters or the use of violence
against them will be re-conducted; trials of those accused will be re-held - All constitutional declarations, laws and decrees made since Mr Mursi
assumed power cannot be appealed or cancelled by any individual, or political or governmental body - The public prosecutor will be appointed by the president for a fixed term of
four years, and must be aged at least 40 - The constituent assembly's timeline for drafting the new constitution has
been extended by two months - No judicial authority can dissolve the constituent assembly or the upper
house of parliament (Shura Council) - The president is authorised to take any measures he sees fit in order to
preserve the revolution, to preserve national unity or to safeguard national
security.
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"Go Down Moses. Tell Old Pharaoh to let my people go..." An African American Hymn.
Mursi has "cracked the code." So long as he assists the "Israel friendly community" with its insoluble Palestinian problem, he can do whatever he likes in Egypt or anywhere else.. The military subvention from the US? Don't worry about it. It's "in the bag." Mursi's assumption of power marks the end of Egypt's recent experiment with the possibility of actual representative democracy in a country with little demonstrated talent for that form of government. With Mursi's apparent success at mediation over Gaza, Egypt resumes her natural place as one of the grand arbiters of political life in the Middle East. The US created this situation by its abandonment of Mubarak. Now Mubarak et al will be tried again. Expect a flight out of Egypt by secularists and Chhristians as the import of this naked assumption of dictatorial power sinks in. pl
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20451208
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20458148
