Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi’s long-anticipated battle with the nation’s military junta took a dramatic turn today, when he issued a flurry of statements ousting almost the entire leadership of the military, including junta head and self-appointed Defense Minister Hussein Tantawi.
In addition to Field Marshall Tantawi, Mursi also “retired” the nation’s Army Chief of Staff and commanders of the Navy and Air Force. He appointed Mahmoud Mekki, a former top judge, as his Vice President.
The moves come as an enormous surprise but were met with considerable joy by Mursi’s supporters, who rallied in Tahrir Square to cheer the ouster of the junta’s leadership. The addition of the Mekki appointment is seen likely to placate the judiciary, which has struck down past attempts by the president to assert himself.
Legal experts questioned the basis on which Mursi was able to cancel the junta’s “addendum” declaring itself the sole legislative body in the country, and argued that since the junta made its power legally untouchable it could not possibly have been legitimately revoked.
In the interim, Mursi granted himself most of the junta’s powers, including of appointing a constitutional assembly to draft a new permanent constitution, and while the court has already ruled repeatedly that the existing parliament cannot return to power Mursi is almost certain to push for a new parliamentary vote to get the ball rolling on this as well.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW……… Can you believe this…!!!!!!! It'll be a late night in certain circles in Washington and other places….. The Gordian not solution and so out there and public…… No quiet hints ….just CHOPPP!!!!! The NWO crew & the usual suspects will not be celebrating….. or will they… Here is a good example of DEEP and too deep to be fathomable to me…. After all I voted for Obama.. I never saw the Trojan horse when I looked at him…. We now have SOME idea who "O" is… But who is Mursi………???
The move appears to have been endorsed by the military council itself, and merely re-shuffles a pack which until May had held Egypt in a state of emergency for 31 years.
Hard to see how this diminishes the power of the ruling junta in any way.
60+ years the military has ruled Egypt, that hasn't changed at all. The public face is gone giving the pretense that Mursi is in charge, but the military still controls things behind the scenes.
Exactly.
This is the way to do. Cut all the heads, especially those that are related to the Black House.
Give the man time one thing for sure america and israel are ruled out which means among others is that the Palestinians may yet have a chance to organise themselves and become a full fledged state with at least some of Egypt`s help.
The house of Egypt needs a thorough clean up, those long ago sticky cobwebs have been suffocating Egyptians for decades.
Surely mickperry is correct, and far better would it have been if the millionare President had reopened the Gaza crossing.
I've got no dog in this race, a military tied to U.S. imperialism, v.s. the medieval Muslim Brotherhood, who would likely put Egypt under sharia law, kill gay people, restrict women's rights severely, kill infidels, etc. A pox on BOTH their houses, let us in the U.S. stay out of it and get to work fixing our own sick society.
They're calling it the "Completion of the Egyptian Revolution" – and this might be the perfect model for post-Assad Syria
Long live the Arab Spring which Israel and her Israeli Lobby in the US have been on a full-court press for over a year desperately trying to squelch – they have failed on a epic, historic scale.
This is not only bigger than what's going on in Syria but will show the way for the Syrians after they oust Assad – they can use this Egyptian model now that it has finally succeeded.
This overthrown of the Israeli Lobby in the US/Israel stranglehold on Egypt may be in America's REAL strategic interests in that may be the beginning of loosening the Israeli Lobby's stranglehold on America.
This would be the beginning of the Second American Revolution to overthrow the Israeli Lobby's deathgrip on America
It is in America's REAL strategic interest to overthrow the stranglehood Israel has on us – even it means outlawing AIPAC and their current ability to have bought and control our Congress and presidential elections, as well as our foreign policy throughout the Middle East, towards the Palestinians, towards the Iranians, and throughout the rest of the world to include Pakistan, India, China, and Russia
Zahi Hawass should stay in jail. He is a narcissist/ a creep/ and did not take good care of Egypt's antiquities.
He never went to Jail in the first place. It's jelous creeps like you who made him the international face of Egypt. I guess you are a failure in life who has too much hate in her heart.