Detail The Struggle for the Soul of a Country   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 403 no. 8790 (Jun. 2012), page 49-50. Topik: Political Conditions; Revolution; Political Turmoil; Absence of Leadership Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.72 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel The army has put a brake on democracy. But could it still do a deal with the Muslim Brotherhood? There is more than a bit of farcicality to Egypt's predicament. This was well displayed in a recent newspaper headline: "Mubarak Dead and Alive, Shafiq and Morsi President". The words referred to firm official reports, later firmly denied, that Egypt's 84-year-old ousted president, Hosni Mubarak, had died on June 19th, and to vehement, rival claims of victory in the presidential elections held on June 17th, given the peculiarly lingering absence, several days later, of an official count. Unusually for a country famed for its humour, few in Egypt are laughing. Seventeen months after the uprising that toppled Mr Mubarak, the most populous Arab country remains tangled in a web of rumour, mistrust and Byzantine legal convolutions. The latest twists appear to many to have set the country back where it was at the beginning of its hoped-for transition from dictatorship to democracy. At the time of what many now shy of calling a revolution, Egypt's army stepped in to fill the vacuum left by Mr Mubarak's fall. Its role was widely welcomed; its promise of a swift handover to elected civilians widely believed. A referendum in March 2011 stamped public approval on plans to hold parliamentary elections, followed by the naming of a constitutional assembly, followed by the election of a president. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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