Still hoping to turn this month’s military coup to political advantage, several of the so-called “liberal” parties that have endorsed the coup are pushing for the military to permanently ban all Islamist parties from elections in the new, junta-penned constitution.
It’s not just ideological differences. Rather, the recent elections have shown Egyptian voters overwhelmingly support the Islamist parties, with the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) sweeping the elections and the Salafist al-Nour Party showing a strong second. If you can’t beat them, ban them.
But that doesn’t solve all the problems of these blocs, which showed minimal voter interest last time around and seem to have little credibility left as democratic reformers after their loud support for coups and crackdowns.
The real winners, if and when Egypt gets around to a new round of “elections” with all the popular parties banned, will be the military. They already have de facto control over the “interim” government, and Gen. El-Sisi, having carried out a protracted coup scheme in all-but-plain sight, has both the strong US ties and control of the military, seems ready to go from a behind-the-scenes dictator to the overt, Mubarak kind with little resistance.
This article is Islamist ideology and don't understand the concept on democracy.
Do you support Coptic churches burn, Copts kidnaped or murdered, or Shia beaten, killed and dragged to the streets.
These are same Islamist you support.
Just more propaganda from the folks who brought you the coup.
either way, the islamist party abused their power and put islam before egypt, not to mention they wanted to turn egypt into a sharia theocracy
Looks like the Egyptian coup supporters have hired an American PR firm.
What remains to be seen is whether the MB can translate their street protests into political maneuvering for tangible gains on the ground. In spite of the propaganda of the Military and western media that the MB failed in governing, the truth is they were never allowed to govern. Morsi's year in office was to fend off attacks and conspiracies against his rule. Things will not settle down in Egypt until the islamists have their opportunity to rule. That is why a full presidential term of a truly failed MB government would have set the islamists further back than this blatant coup which is placing Egyptians in a tough position to decide between popular rule and vote or military rule and certain oppression. As for those so called liberals they instigated a counter revolution on the back of a tank for what they could never achieve through the ballot box.
Funny! How 'bout the liberals ban the Army from politics?
"…pushing for the military to permanently ban all Islamist parties from elections…"
Ah, as we've seen here in the states, "Democracy" is only what the powers that rule want it to be. It's just a word…it's what is done that matters. That's why Dubya innocently, but correctly from their pov, stated that the Constitution and the BOR are irrelevant (pieces of paper).
The neocons' plan was to get the ME involved in destroying themselves, with a little help from the warhawks in the USG. Looks like their plan is progressing. And it will continue until something large – and world changing – adjusts the mindset of all the players. The Armageddonists may get their apocalypse but there won't be any salvation event…the survivors will have to deal with a very different world. What a waste.
without separation of state and religion, it is pointless to have a democracy. the success of western democracies relies on this separation granted by their constitutions. the more control religion is allowed in public affair, the more the state will inch towards authoritarianism. the states is also drifting away from this principal set out by its secular founders.
Even if your an atheist, I still like your comment 🙂
it should not matter.