Detail Wanted: Maybe a President?; Egypt's Presidential Race   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 402 no. 8775 (Mar. 2012), page 47-48. Topik: Revolutions; Presidential Elections; Political Power Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.70 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel A year ago Egyptians voted in record numbers to amend their constitution and set a course for democracy. But much of the post-revolutionary optimism of 2011 has been shamefully squandered. Transitional cabinets have proved too timid or unimaginative to try real reform. The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), a body of top generals that functions as Egypt's interim executive, has followed hesitant, seemingly contradictory and often violent policies, leaving an impression of ambiguity about the revolution that it professes to support. The generals recently set a schedule for the end of the transition period. Nationwide polls in May should lead on June 21st to Egypt's first popularly elected president. The trouble is that he (the sole credible female candidate stands little chance) will take over a country that is deeply divided and mistrustful, with an anaemic economy and a woefully creaky bureaucracy. Confusingly, too, Egypt's next ruler will take on a post without a job description. His permanent powers will not be defined until a new constitution is approved. Parliament has only just begun to debate the composition of the body that is supposed to draft the constitution. The presidential race has revived some post-revolutionary enthusiasm, but also introduced new risks. Fingers point to dirty tricks by the security establishment, an ominous sign of the battles that Egypt's foundering revolution still faces. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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