Dr. MOHAMMED MURSI

The first civilian president of Egypt


Dr. Mohammed Mursi has become the Egypt’s
fifth president. He is first president to be elected
after a free election and also first from outside
the military. But his victory, over Ahmed Shafiq, 16 months
after the military took over on the ouster of Hosni Mubarak,
is an ambiguous milestone in Egypt’s promised transition
to democracy. Mohamed Mursi had won 13.2 million votes
or 51.7 percent, beating Shafiq who garnered 12.3 million
votes or almost 48.3 percent. The Muslim Brotherhood
victory was not a total surprise as they had been ahead in
most polls since the revolution that ousted the tyrant Hosni
Mubarak. Mohammed Mursi’s main priorities will be a new
constitution, the economy and security. He has moved into
his new office in the presidential palace and begun work
forming a government he says will represent all of the
people. Mursi spokesman, Yasser Ali, said the president’s
key concern was political stability. Mr Mursi had paid tribute
to the protesters who died in last year’s uprising against
former President Hosni Mubarak but also praised the role
of Egypt’s powerful armed forces. Although the SCAF
(Supreme Council of Armed Forces) waited several days to
announce the result; ultimately, the powerful military
establishment decided that it would be too dangerous to
fudge the result in favour of the latter because thousands
of Muslim Brotherhood followers and supporters of
democratic process were keeping vigil at the famous Tahrir
Square for days and nights on end...

for further reading
THE COMPANION, August 2012 Vol:07, Issue:3

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