Saad al-Katatni, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood and the current speaker of the Islamist-dominated parliament was chosen as the head of the constituent assembly, during its first session.
The panel, which is made up of more than 60 percent Islamists, has been at the centre of a dispute with the country’s secular forces who fear their calls for a civil state will be muffled.
Katatni’s appointment comes after liberal, leftist and independent parties and figures angrily withdrew from the committee, accusing Islamists of monopolising the process.
Only 74 of the 100-member panel attended the first session, with 71 voting for Katatni, the official MENA news agency reported.
The Obama administration is full speed ahead with its plan to send $1.3 billion in aid to the newly Islamist state.
By not paying them we put the Camp David treaty into default and effectively puts Egypt into a state of war with Israel. This was the aim of the islamists.
Pay more attention to the cost of fuel and food in the southern part of Egypt and in the African Sahel. The conditions that started the fire in the arab world havent gone away with the Arab Spring, they have gotten worse. Kufra is in an open war, with several factions fighting to control transit routes out of and Chad and Sudan. There is a huge disaster coming and the Islamists cannot control it.
Maybe President Obama should ask the Muslim Brotherhood, politely and obsequiously, to give him some space and wait until after the U.S. presidential election this year, when he will have more flexibility. Then, things will turn out just peachy and we can all live in peace and harmony. If we make the mistake of electing anyone else, things will not work out well. This I know, because Pravda told me so.
– go back to Egypt and give another “Cairo Speech”.