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Popular impeachment

Tueday at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars Mona Makram-Ebeid, former member of the Egyptian Parliament, expressed her disappointments, her fears and her hopes for an Egypt that has gone through two revolutions since 2011.

Makram-Ebeid does not see the necessity of labeling the events of June 30 as either a coup or a correction. She continues to call it “popular impeachment.”  She believes that the Egyptian people have this right and likened it to the popular impeachment of Nixon. Egyptians had become disillusioned with Morsi. The former president had alienated all parts of society. Many of the protestors that flooded the streets on June 30 were the same people who had voted for Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in the previous year’s elections. Disappointment led to frustration and violence. It is not a matter of the army being against the MB, but rather the people against political Islam. Read more