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| Egyptian court dissolves political wing of Brotherhood | |
| 2014-08-10 | |
The Supreme Administrative Court, in its ruling on Saturday, ordered "the dissolution of the Freedom and Justice Party because it broke the law regarding political parties." "The party and the Moslem Brüderbund are the same thing" and "its members have committed deeds of violence and acts or terror against the nation," state news agency Mena quoted the prosecution case as stating. The court said the group's assets are to be liquidated and handed over to the state, calling on the cabinet to form a committee to oversee the process. According to media reports, the decision is final and not open to appeal. The party's legal counsel denounced the ruling as "an episode in the series of the counter revolution," in a statement posed on the party's website. The official criticised that the court decision could not be appealed. Samia Mehrez, an official in the Red Sea province, said that local authorities and the security forces had burned "a number of Brotherhood books and literature" located at a public library in the resort town of Hurghada. She said the 36 books had been donated to the library during the one-year presidency of Mohammed Mursi. The court, headed by Judge Fareed Tanaghu, said the party's affiliation with a supra-national group -- the Moslem Brüderbund and its international branch -- undermined "national unity, social peace, the democratic system and threatened Egypt's national security." The court also said that by calling the military overthrow of Mursi a "coup" rather than a popular revolution, the party was breaking with national unity and worked to destabilise the country. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 The only way to truly dissolve such organizations is with very large vats of HCL. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2014-08-10 14:04 |
| #2 Hopefully after the midterm election, the same will begin to happen here in the States. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-08-10 11:16 |
| #1 Victor, rules, spoils, et cetera. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-08-10 11:11 |