Day: June 29, 2013
#epicfail
Whatever happens tomorrow in Egypt, it can’t be good. That anyway is the consensus among journalists and experts for the demonstrations and counter-demonstrations planned to mark President Morsi’s first year in office.
According to Pew, the Muslim Brotherhood and the more conservative Salafists have a marginally favorable view of the country’s direction, of how democracy is working out and of the government’s respect for personal freedoms. By wider margins, they also like the new constitution and think future elections will be fair. Islamists are clearly prepared to defend Morsi from what they regard as an illegitimate rebellion against him.
The gap with non-Islamists in the National Salvation Front (NSF) is dramatic and widening. They don’t like the country’s direction, are dissatisfied with the new constitution, don’t think elections will be fair, don’t like the way democracy is working out or the government’s respect for personal freedoms. A substantial portion of the NSF adherents are now backing Tamarod, the petition-based rebellion calling for Morsi’s ouster, a new constitution and new elections. Read more
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