Egyptians back in the streets to protest Morsi on 2nd anniversary of Revolution

[[Seed Eater]]

[quote]Cairo (CNN) -- As was the case exactly two years ago before President Hosni Mubarak's ouster, streets around Egypt were roiled by deadly clashes Friday, pitting protesters against both police and supporters of the nation's current leader.
At least seven people were killed, six of them in Suez where gunfire erupted during clashes between anti-government protesters and those loyal to President Mohamed Morsy, according to official media outlets.[/quote]
[url]http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/25/world/africa/egypt-unrest/index.html[/url]

[quote]CAIRO — At least five people were killed and hundreds were injured Friday as protests swept across Egypt over the Islamist-led government's failure to fix the besieged economy and heal the politically divided nation two years after the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak.

The anniversary of the revolution that led to Mubarak's downfall was marked more by bloodshed than joy as familiar and troubling scenes played out amid the widening despair. Gunshots echoed through cities, rock-throwing youths lunged at police through clouds of tear gas, and peaceful demonstrators waved banners and shouted epithets against those in power.[/quote]
[url]http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/middleeast/la-fg-egypt-anniversary-20130126,0,3011100.story[/url]

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I must be missing something here, but wasn't he democratically elected?

[arlygoodbrownie]

[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;39360991]I must be missing something here, but wasn't he democratically elected?[/QUOTE]

Democratically elected and apparently turned out to be as bad as Mubarak.

[[Seed Eater]]

Almost as bad. When the young revolutionaries overthrew Mubarak, it was the silent majority who voted in Morsi. It was after being elected that Morsi went and neutered the Supreme Court, making him politically untouchable and able to do anything he wants. And since the government is still stacked with people put in place by Mubarak, and the military still running half the parliament and keeping their finger on the trigger, what you have is a 3-way fuck fest against the people, all refusing to work together.

So the same revolutionaries, that vocal minority, is now back on the streets.

[smurfy]

[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;39360991]I must be missing something here, but wasn't he democratically elected?[/QUOTE]

In the second round it was between him or the army-backed ex-Mubarak regime member Ahmed Shafiq, so it was kind of a false choice between maybe-a-dictator and definitely-a-dictator