Photo: Aswat Masriya Egypt's elected president will have the authority to appoint and remove a government, including a defense minister and vice-presidents, member of the ruling military council Mamdouh Shahin said.
The statement came in a Monday conference held with General Mohammed al-Assar who is also a member of the ruling military council.
"The armed forces is not far from the political scene, but it will not intervene in the work of any authority", Shahin said as reported by the Middle East News Agency. He promised that that ruling military council will not withdraw any authorities from the president, stressing on their belief, from the start, in the authority of law.
The ruling military council issued amendments to the Constitutional Declaration regarding the authorities of the president, parliament and constitution on Sunday evening. The amendments addressed issues related to the state in light of the Constitutional Court's decision to dissolve the Islamist-led elected parliament.
Commenting on the complementary Constitutional Declaration Assar said,
"There was a need to issue amendments - Egypt is transforming into a democratic state through a difficult process where we are faced with dangers and challenges".
Assar stressed on the importance of political negotiation, especially following the elections.
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There is a lot of waffling by the Egyptian junta, but there is no doubt that they try to strangulate the Egyptian Revolution.
Mubarak never stepped down. He was ousted by the Egyptian military on contingency plans worked out with the U.S. to avoid the collapse of the Egyptian military as it happened to Iran's military in the 1979 Islamic Revolution. After Mubarak was out, the U.S. and the Egyptian military worked out the scenario of phony elections under democratic slogans to resurrect the Mubarak regime with Ahmewd Shafic as his replacement. If the people elected someone else, the Egyptian military will take over actual governing, and limit their power to just bureaucratic duties, until the Egyptians fed up with their inaction to make any changes in the laws and improve their lives would eventually chase them out.
That is the U.S. and the Egyptian military plan that evolves in Egypt now. The U.S. is fibbing when it claims that it wants the Egyptian Generals to move toward genuine democracy, and that the Congress might sanction the Egyptian military aid. It is all a smokescreen to cover the U.S. role behind the actions of the Egyptian junta.
Are the Egyptians fooled by the U.S. official position? I doubt it. The Internet provides them with a good picture, even after the U.S. is forcing Google to censor its content - as Google revealed 2 days ago. The U.S. use of the Egyptian Generals to hold its grip on Egypt might turn out to be a curse in the long term. Nikos Retsos, retired professor
" MR.REATOS WAS VERY PROFOUND IN ALL HIS REFERNCES THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE USA IS THE MANUFACTURER OF SUCH UNDEMOCRATIC VALUES, THE USA IS DEFINITELY NOT THE ONE TO TALK TO ABOUT DEMOCRACY. THIER MOST IMPORTANT ALLIES ARE BUTCHERS MURDERERS EGOMANIACS ECCENTRICS ETCETRA. "THE PEOPLE OF EGYPT MUST MAKE THIER MINDS UP EITHER THEY HAVE MADE CHANGES IN THIER LIVES AND THEY THE PEOPLE INTEND TO BE THE GOVERNORS AS IS THE DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES". WHEN THE US STARTED THIER BIG TALK ABOUT DEMOCRACY THAT WAS WHAT IT WAS TALK!!!!!. "THE US HAS NEVER EVER DINED ON DEMOCRACY THEY KNOW NOT WHAT IT IN PRINCIPLES MEANS , THEY DO KNOW HOW TO SPEL THE WORD AND GIVE CONVERSATIONS REGARDING DEMOCRACY. THE US IS A ENSLAVER THAT STILL TODAY HAS NOT FULLY EMBRACED THIER PEOPLE OF COLUR. THERE IS INEHRRENT RACIST ABUISIVE POLICIES THAT TARGET THE AFRICAN AMERICAN WHO HAS THE LEAST OF OPPORTUNITIES THE WORST OF HEALTH CARE ACTUALLU NONE. THE AFRICAN COMMUNITY HGAS TO ENDURE THE MOST IMPRISONMENT SHOULD YOU LIVE IN THE US YOU WOULD ACTUALLY BELIVE THAT WHITES DONT COMMT CRIMES THEY ARE ALL ANGELS/ WHAT IT SI THE DISCRIMINATION IS SO CRITICAL THT WHEN YOU GO TO COURT IN THE US BY THE HOOK OR CROOK YOU ARE GOING TO GAOEL AND THEY MAKE SURE THAT THE SNTENCE YOU RECEIVE YOU ARE IMPRISONED FOR DECADES. THEY ALONGSIDE THIER FRIENDS THE JEWS ARE THE MOST BARABRIC ON THE PLANET THEY AHVE NO LOVE FOR PEOLE THEY ABUSE INTERNATIONAL LAWS THEY RUN PLANTATION SYSTEM GEARED TO KEEP THEM IN WORLD POWER WHILST EMBRACING WHITE SUPREMACY. AS WE SEE IN EUROPE THE RIGHT HAS REEMRGED TODAY MORE BRAZEN THAN EVER, BEING ELECTED INTO GOVERNMENTS MAKING LAWS .THE US HAS USED THE INTERNET THIER WARS AROUND THE GLOBE MURDERING INNOCENTS AS THEY GO; HIGHLIGHTING THIER ESCAPADES SHOWING OFF WHILST TEACHING THIER DEICIPLES OF HITLER AND ALL TEACHERS AND FOLLOWERERS OF THESE RIGHT WING SUPERMACIST POLICIES. WHAT WE SEE IN WORLD AGGRESSION WE SEE IN THE US DOMESTIC POLICY THE POLICE GO AROUND MURDERING BLACK AND PEOPLE OF COLOUR WITH IMPUNITY. THEY ARE SETTING THE TONE IN EGYPT THEY DO NOT WANT AN EGYPT THAT IS FREE THIS IS WHY THEY HAVE NOW CONSOLIDATED POWER WITH THE MILITARY. "THIS HAS BEEN IN THE RUNNINGS SINCE THE EARLY PART OF THE REVOLUTION. THE USA IS EGYPTS BIGGETS CORRUPTOR THEY WANT TO MAINTAIN THT POSITION THE JEWS DO NOT WANT TO BE LOOKING OVER THIER SHOULDERS , THEY WANT TO KEEP MURDERING PALESTINIANS THEY WANT TO EXPAND AND BRING MORE RACIST INTO AFRICA IDEALY MAKING SURE THAT HISTORY IS TRULY REWRITTEN." ACCORDING TO WHO YOU TRUST AND WHAT YOU BELIEVE, WILL EGYPT EMERGE EITHER, AS A SLAVE STATE 'OR A " FREE DEMOCRATIC STATE" GOVERNED BY THE WILL OF THE "THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE DEMOCRATIC EGYPT' THE ONE THAT WAS VOTED FOR BY THE PEOPLE ,IN THIER HUGE NUMBERS" OR THE ONE BEING DESIGNED BY THE US THE JEWS AND THE MILITARY? THIS IS THE STARK REALITY EITHER V OR YOU LOVE SATAN ? OR YOU LOVE "THE ALL MIGHTY GOD"