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The Real Coup: Egypt's ElBaradei Named Interim Prime Minister
James Poulos, Contributor
Al Jazeera’s Sherine Tadros, reporting from Cairo, said the main question is how much power ElBaradei will have in his new role as interim prime minister.Color me surprised. There’s a huge difference between an important role and the most important role. It’s possible that the Army chose ElBaradei because they’re really committed to liberalizing, and not just democratizing, Egypt. It’s possible that the choice reflects nothing more or less than the relatively thin Egyptian bench. Or, it’s possible that Egypt’s kingmakers were nervously refreshing their Facebook and came across this old thing from a couple years back:
“It is not really a surprise. ElBaradei was sitting next to General al-Sisi when he announced the oustre of President Morsi, which already indicated that ElBaradei was to take up an important role in the new government.”
The ruling military council on its Facebook page asked voters which candidates they supported most in the current field. ElBaradei, the former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, took first place with more than 19,000 supporters, or more than 30 percent of those participating [...].If you’re like me, you trust informal polls about as far as you can throw them, especially on Facebook, which is, after all, quite nearly ElBaradei’s only constituency. There’s no doubt that ElBaradei represents the smallest and least powerful of the main factions supporting big reform in post-Mubarak Egypt — the others being Team Muslim Brotherhood and Team Army. Young, wired, liberalized Egyptians may bring a twinkle to the eye of the West, but they’ve got much work to do to make a real-life dent in Egyptian politics and Egyptian rule. And there’s not much of an indication that ElBaradei can actually help them with that.
For the Army, ElBaradei is the closest they’ve got to a Terry MacAuliffe — love him or hate him, he keeps those donors writing checks. US dismay over regulations which prohibit foreign aid to coup-stricken countries will surely abate when it’s ElBaradei standing beside President Obama in the Rose Garden. This is a man no self-respecting Western leader can deprive of cash. The appointment of ElBaradei sends a clarion signal to Egypt’s creditors, summed up in three letters: B.F.F.
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Hassim Dabi / EPA
Supporters and opponents of former President Morsi clash on a bridge in Cairo, July 5.
Amr Nabil / AP
Fireworks
light the sky as opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi
celebrate in Tahrir Square in Cairo on July 3. A statement on the
Egyptian
Ahmed el-Musilamani, a spokesman for President Adly Mansour said consultations were continuing, denying that ElBaradei's appointment was ever certain following the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi, according to The Associated Press.
Mansour, chairman of the supreme constitutional court, who was sworn in as interim president Thursday.
Egypt’s National Salvation Front announced earlier in the day that former United Nations nuclear agency chief ElBaradei was scheduled to take his oath of office at 8 p.m. local time on Saturday.
According to a source familiar with the Obama administration's thinking, the administration would be willing to work with El Baradei if he is named Egypt's interim prime minister. The administration would also encourage ElBaradei to put an end to the violence, the source told NBC News.
Secretary of State John Kerry also stressed in a statement that the United States wants to see Egypt's civilian transition succeed, and that the United States will do all it can to help encourage that effort.
Meanwhile, supporters of the deposed Morsi again gathered in large numbers Saturday, a day after clashes with security forces and anti-Morsi protesters left 36 dead and more than 1,000 injured.
Hassan Ammar / AP
People
carry two injured people during clashes between supporters and
opponents of ousted Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo,
July 5. Nighttime clashes between the two sides raged with
stone-throwing, firecrackers and gunfire.
Hitha
Prabhakar joins MSNBC's Alex Witt to break down the 3 Big Money
Headlines. She mentions that oil analysts are watching the situation in
Egypt and they are saying how it will negatively impact gas prices. She
discussed the jobs numbers that came out on Friday and explains what
hedge fund manager Ron Baron meant when he talked about the Dow reaching
60,000.
On
Friday, thousands of Morsi's Islamist supporters marched across a
central Cairo bridge in the direction of Tahrir Square, which was also
occupied by thousands of protesters whose demonstrations prompted the
army to depose Morsi.
Mohamed El-shahed / AFP - Getty Images
Protesters cheer at the arrival of the Egyptian Security Forces during clashes near Tahrir Square on July 5.
“God
is great. He can crush every traitor and every treacherous tyrant. The
people of Egypt will protect the Revolution, and will continue to demand
their rights," Badie said, according to the statement.
Mohammed Saber / EPA
Morsi supporters gather next to the headquarters of the Republican Guards in Cairo, July 5.
Mohammed Sultan, deputy head of the national ambulance service, told the AP that at least 36 people were killed in Friday's clashes, the highest death toll in one day since the latest outbreak of protests began last Sunday. Another 1,076 were injured.
Amid calls from leaders for both sides to remain peaceful, there are fears the conflict could become increasingly violent.
Spencer Platt / Getty Images
People
clean up near Tahrir Square, Cairo, on July 4, the morning after
President Mohammed Morsi was ousted from power and put under house
arrest.
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‘Muslim Brotherhood can run in election’
‘ElBaradei not appointed Egyptian PM’
- Nour Party rejects ElBaradei as PM
MB rejects ElBaradei as new Egypt PM
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- CAIRO, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Egypt's Salafist Al-Nour Party on Saturday rejected the appointment of Mohamed ElBaradei, leader of the opposition bloc, the National Salvation Front, as the country' s interim prime minister,…
Egypt's second Islamist party opposes choice of ElBaradei as PM
ElBaradei’s appointment as Egyptian prime minister rolled back amid dispute
- Jul 07, 2013 · 'ElBaradei not confirmed as Egypt PM' Source : ... After those reports, Salafist Al-Nour Party also rejected the appointment of ElBaradei, ...
- The Nour Party, Egypt’s second biggest Islamist force, ... Islamist protests snag appointment of ElBaradei as Egyptian PM Commentary Cyberspace is not a combat …
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- Nour Party rejects ElBaradei as interim PM; ElBaradei Heads Egypt's Interim Government; The Protest Movement in Egypt: “Dictators” do not Dictate, They Obey …
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