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A President without Power
In the end, fears of a popular backlash were just too great: Egypt s military council was forced to sacrifice its favourite Ahmed Shafiq to safeguard its extensive economic and political interests. But the powers of the new president remain reduced to the bare minimum. An analysis by Matthias Sailer in Cairo
Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi has won Egypt s historic presidential election securing 51.7 percent of the vote, making him the nation s first civilian president.
But the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) has done everything possible to repress the will of the people and enforce its interests: After dissolving the democratically elected parliament through the constitutional court, and as it became clear that the Muslim Brotherhood had won the race – the council truncated the powers of the presidential office to such an extent that it can barely still be described as such.