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| White House: U.S. Looks Forward to Working with Egypt's Sisi |
| 2014-06-05 |
| [AnNahar] The United States said Wednesday it looks forward to working with the government of Egyptian president-elect Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, while urging him to carry out human rights ...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... reforms. President Barack Obama If you like your coverage you can keep it... will speak with the former army chief in the coming days, the White House said in a statement. Washington looked forward to working with Sisi "to advance our strategic partnership and the many interests shared by the United States and Egypt," it said. Sisi took a sweeping 96.9 percent of the vote in an election held nearly a year after he toppled president Mohammed Morsi ...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Timeprinciple, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator... , whose Islamist allies boycotted the polls. The United States firmly refrained from calling the change of government a coup. That assessment would have forced it under U.S. law to stop providing Egypt with billions in annual aid. In the statement, the White House said observers found the elections were held in accordance with Egyptian law. But it also expressed concern ...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended... about what it called the "restrictive political environment" in which the vote took place and urged Sisi's new government to step up rights reforms. "We have consistently expressed our concerns about limits on freedom of peaceful assembly, association, and expression and call upon the government to ensure these freedoms as well as due process rights for all Egyptians," it said. The statement added: "We urge the President-elect and the government to adopt the reforms that are needed to govern with accountability and transparency, ensure justice for every individual, and demonstrate a commitment to the protection of the universal rights of all Egyptians." As Egypt looks ahead to parliamentary elections later this year, Washington urged the country to consider ways to improve how future elections are held. "True democracy is built on a foundation of rule of law, civil liberties, and open political discourse," the statement said. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 a foundation of rule of law, civil liberties, and open political discourse Coming out of this white house? Where is that irony meter.... |
| Posted by: Squinty 2014-06-05 15:13 |