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What is at stake in Egypt's referendum

By Yuriy Vilner

Gary C. Gambill [Editor, Mideast Monitor]: "Last month, an extraordinarily popular uprising against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was interrupted by a turn of events that is not uncommon when aging autocrats outlive their capacity to protect deeply vested interests - a bloodless seizure of power by generals promising a transition to democracy. Though the Supreme Military Council (SMC) appears committed to transferring power to a newly elected civilian government, its transition plan is designed to forestall the kind of systemic political reform needed to sustain democracy in Egypt. The constitutional referendum this weekend may well determine if it succeeds. While the Egyptian military is widely respected by the public (owing

Full post as published by JURIST - Hotline on March 19, 2011 (boomark / email).