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| EgyptÂ’s Brotherhood says it should govern | ||
| 2012-02-10 | ||
The Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party, which won almost half of parliament’s seats in elections over November and December, had said it would work with the military-appointed cabinet for a transitional period. But the Brotherhood’s spokesman Mahmud Ghozlan said the February 1 riot at a football stadium in the Mediterranean town of Port Said, which left more than 70 dead, showed that the government had failed to manage the country. The incident “proved that the cabinet has failed in administering the country,” he told AFP. “If this happens, the party that won the most votes is best suited” to form a government, he said in response to a question on whether the Brotherhood’s party should form the cabinet. The Brotherhood was the most organised opposition movement during president Hosni Mubarak’s rule, which ended with a popular uprising that toppled him a year ago and ushered in military rule. Since then, the Islamist movement has in turn cooperated with the ruling generals and opposed them over such matters as a military role in drafting a new constitution.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #4 I really did think the Ikhwan would be clever and patient enough No, they're not. However, I think the generals are taking note of who is sticking their head up the highest and will eventually follow the old Chinese proverb. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2012-02-10 18:46 |
| #3  And let them take credit for the coming famine, too.  I really did think the Ikhwan would be clever and patient enough to let the generals and the secularists take the blame for the economic collapse. I was wrong. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2012-02-10 14:57 |
| #2 And let them take credit for the coming famine, too. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2012-02-10 09:54 |
| #1 Egyptians should publish an ad "Dictator wanted. Previous experience a plus." |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-02-10 05:41 |