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In a surprise development, Egypt's military-backed government led by
Prime Minister Hazem El-Beblawi on Monday resigned after a Cabinet
meeting.
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Beblawi announced his cabinet's resignation on state TV. The decision was made after the cabinet meeting attended by armed forces chief and Defence Minister Field Marshal Abdul Fattah al-Sisi. Interim President Adly Mansour is expected to accept the resignation and commission Ibrahim Mahleb, minister of housing in Beblawi's government, to form the new cabinet. The reason for the Cabinet's resignation was not immidieately known. Sisi, who ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in July, is expected to announce soon that he will run for president. Beblawi's government was sworn in on July 16, less than two weeks after the army Morsi. | |
Save Dissent to Save Democracy THE rising instances of physical violence and threats against political opponents and the inability to accept dissent must raise huge concerns amongst all of us who see democracy as perhaps the really stellar achievement since Independence. AAP’s attack on BJP headquarters and acts of arson committed under the very noses of their elite leadership; the attacks on Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia in Gujarat in the last two days; the recent manhandling of the caretaker of journalist Siddharth Varadarajan’s house by some garden variety thugs; and the violence and threats meted out regularly to their political opponents by political parties is surely deplorable and condemnable. This is a fatally flawed trend which will destroy the very foundations of our democratic institutions if not pushed back with all the strength and condemnation that the civil society can mobilise. Replaying the past To begin with, it must be clarified that we should ...
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