Arab Spring dictator: Morsi expands powers in ‘blow to the revolution’

World Tribune 11/23/2012

Egypt’s first Islamist president, five months after his election, has assumed dictatorial powers.

President Mohammed Morsi has issued a decree that makes his decisions immune from parliamentary oversight or judicial appeal.

“Morsi today usurped all state powers and appointed himself Egypt’s new pharaoh, a major blow to the revolution that could have […]

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