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Africa North

'We're learning how to be free,' says Egypt's Morsi

2012-11-29

[Daily Nation (Kenya)] President Mohamed Morsi vowed in an interview published Wednesday to surrender his new special powers when a new constitution is in place, and pleaded for patience as Egypt learns to be free.

That's certainly one way to look at it.

Morsi dismissed criticism of his power grab and said protests on the streets of Cairo were a positive sign that Egypt was on the path to democracy after overthrowing dictator Hosni Mubarak
...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011...
in February 2011.

"The world stage is very difficult. It's not easy to be on the world stage," admitted Morsi, who won a cliffhanger election in June, speaking briefly in English at the start of his interview with Time magazine.

"My chief responsibility is to maintain the national ship to go through this transitional period. This is not easy. Egyptians are determined to (move) forward within the path of freedom and democracy," he said.

Posted by:Fred

#8 That's it for Freedom Week, boys and girls. Tune in next week when we learn about Food & Famine. See ya then!

Posted by: SteveS 2012-11-29 18:40

#7 Puts a new spin on "We have to vote on it to know what's in it."

Posted by: BA 2012-11-29 13:15

#6 "We had to burn the country in order to save it"?

Posted by: Pappy 2012-11-29 12:48

#5 I'm sure that's the royal "we," mojo. :-(

Posted by: Barbara 2012-11-29 12:47

#4 I think we need a definition of "we" here.

Posted by: mojo 2012-11-29 11:36

#3 Looks like not all the Egyptians think they are free.

Posted by: JohnQC 2012-11-29 10:42

#2 Democracy for all! Freedom for none!!
One man one vote, once.

Any other cliches come to mind?

Posted by: AlanC 2012-11-29 08:41

#1 it's just teensy steps ... he's really at the bottom of the learning curve. that democracy thing could takes decades at this rate.

Posted by: Raider 2012-11-29 00:06

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