Having dominated the polls for the lower house of parliament, Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood didn’t need very much support to form a majority government, and could have done it with virtually any single second party. Instead, they did it with five.
The announcement from the Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) reports a temporary agreement on a six-party unity government, including the Islamist al-Nour Party as well as several liberal and socialist factions.
Exactly how long the agreement will last remains to be seen, as the Social Democrats claim that the dead was a “one-day only” agreement for the first day of parliament. Still, FJP leader Saad al-Katatni is tapped to be the next parliamentary speaker.
Deals are also reportedly in place to ensure a split of members of the various parties into the committees of the parliament. The military will retain power, however, and won’t allow the parliament to make any serious changes.
This is a good decision as collective wisdom can bring Egytian towards understanding and solving the problems.
We need peace around the world as hatred and war not solve the human problems.