Yeah, that democratically elected President didn't really last long did he? Hopefully this second attempt will work out better for Egypt but I can't help but think the same thing is going to keep happening and Morsi's replacement is going to be just as bad once again.

 

(Never created a topic in this forum before but it seemed like this deserved one).

Well done on losing your Perspectives virginity :lol:

 

It's not very encouraging news. Morsi was Egypt's first ever democratically elected president so it's a little depressing to see hom lasting only a year. He wasn't a great leader by any means but at least he had more legitimacy than any of his predecessors.

 

It was being said before today's coup that the military had no great appetite for power so perhaps there is still a chance that they will relinquish power before long. In any democracy, there will be times when a majority of the country does not support their elected leader. If that means the leader is forced out, the only result can be chaos.

I do hope this won't escalate any further, but this is not an good move for the future stability of Egypt. If they can't keep in democratically elected leaders I can't see how any replacement leader is going to be taken seriously. Even if it is a democratic replacement, the precedent will be there to remove them if things go badly again. I don't think it's going to get better for Egypt for a while. :(

It's a fairly good sign that they handed over the presidency to the head of the Supreme Court. If it was going to be a proper military coup where the military leaders wanted power for themselves they'd have probably just taken it outright. I can see there being fresh elections soon with a liberal/secular candidate winning - even though Morsi wasn't quite as extreme as the likes of Sandro Ranieri make out, he wasn't exactly my preferred candidate.

Much as I have no time for the muslim brotherhood they were democratically elected in fair elections so I am slightly uncomfortable with the decision of the military to remove them from power and seemingly to arrest them.

 

No one is going to have the support of all the people, I see a rinse and repeat job in a year or so when the next regime take power and people start gathering in the square protesting a few months later.

IMHO Morsi went too far by appointing that guy in Luxor who'd been involved in extremist acts against tourists. Egypt needs that tourism badly. The economy was tanking under Morsi's leadership as it was.