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Where Machiavelli errs
munaeem | 09 April, 2007 08:10
Egypt's ruling party has seriously damaged individual and human rights protections in its constitutional amendments.
Amr Hamzawy explains the following motives introducing the amendments:
"First, it is intent on politically restraining the Muslim Brotherhood, whose unexpected gains (20 per cent of the seats in the People's Assembly) in the 2005 parliamentary elections set off alarm bells.
Second, Mubarak's regime is trying to thwart the opposition's attempt to form a united front that includes Islamists and liberals."
Third, the regime attempted to create a new set of constitutional tools to further entrench its hold on political life.
Fourth, the regime needed to show -- albeit cosmetically -- that it was responsive to the demands of the domestic opposition and to maintain a minimum degree of international legitimacy."
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