Egypt's Morsy gives himself new powers, orders retrials in protester deaths

[ScienceRocks]

Egypt's Morsy gives himself new powers, orders retrials in protester deaths


From Mohamed Fadel Fahmy, CNN

November 22, 2012 -- Updated 2332 GMT (0732 HKT)

Egypt's Morsy gives himself new powers, orders retrials in protester deaths - CNN.com

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Morsy: Any decisions until new constitution is established can't be overturned
Move could give him unchecked power for months; protesters call him 'dictator'


(CNN) -- Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy has issued an order preventing any court from overturning his decisions, essentially allowing him to run the country unchecked until a new constitution is drafted, his spokesman announced on state TV Thursday.

Morsy also ordered retrials and re-investigations in the deaths of protesters during last year's uprising against strongman Hosni Mubarak. That could lead to the reprosecution of Mubarak, currently serving a life prison term, and several acquitted officials who served under him.

The order for retrials could please some Egyptians who've expressed disappointment that security officers and others have escaped legal consequences over last year's protester crackdown by the Mubarak regime.

Some demonstrators in Cairo, however -- protesting for a fourth day against Morsy and the growing influence of the Muslim Brotherhood -- expressed anger over his assumption of more power. About 2,000 people protested Thursday night in and around Tahrir Square, with some chanting "birth of a new pharaoh" and "Morsy the dictator."

 

[CrusaderFrank]

If only Dems could stuff the national coffers like it was a ballot box

 

[ScienceRocks]

Eygpt, Lybian and every nation that has fallen to the arab spring is Obamas irans. Obama has so fucked up the middle east that we will be paying for it for the next 100 years.

 

[GuyPinestra]

Eygpt, Lybian and every nation that has fallen to the arab spring is Obamas irans. Obama has so fucked up the middle east that we will be paying for it for the next 100 years.

We'll be lucky to last another 100 months...

 

[skye]

What Obama has done backing the "Arab Spring" uprisings is unforgivable!!!!

To give the Middle East on a plate to radical Islam ..... shows a total ignorance in Foreign Politics.

Unforgivable stupidity! What else can one say!