Egyptians returned to the polls today to cast their votes on a new constitution, after a first round of voting one week ago produced a comfortable “yes” vote. Today’s vote also looks to be a comfortable victory for the Muslim Brotherhood — a bit too comfortable to be believed, according to many.
I can't stop laughing .. @Ikhwanweb is already reporting preliminary results of 94% yes in #Fayyoum and 91% yes in #Menia. #Egypt #Morsi
— Egyptocracy (@Egyptocracy) December 22, 2012
Looks like #Morsi sent out word to his pals the refrendum needs to come in at 70%. Thus far the YES vote is running 80% 2nd rd #Egypt
— Amr Khalifa (@Cairo67Unedited) December 22, 2012
Egyptian "irregularities". Surprise surprise… Morsi is not a fit or able leader for a 'liberal democracy' due to his background.
— Philip James Weldon (@philipjamesw) December 22, 2012
Preliminary referendum results suggest #Egypt will soon ask Morsi to become its king. With a heavy heart, he will accept.
— Friedrich Kauder (@fkauder) December 22, 2012
Apologies to @OccupyWallSt. Following #Egypt's voting, #Morsi & the #MB battlecry is now: "We are the 99%"
— Amro Ali (@_amroali) December 22, 2012
Congrats to Morsi and his Merry Band of Thieves, er oops, I mean Muslim Brotherhood for stealing the referendum. Mubarak would be proud.
— Mona Eltahawy (@monaeltahawy) December 22, 2012
Pro-MB who are making themselves feel better by arguing how Morsi isn't as bad as Mubarak, please have some shame. #Egypt
— İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي (@iyad_elbaghdadi) December 20, 2012
#Morsi is becoming even more mubarakesque with the vote count #Egypt
— Tewfik Cassis (@tewfik10) December 22, 2012
Reason Shura will be crucial in coming 2-3 months is it will take over legislative powers from #Morsi till parliament&nominees r dark comedy
— Amr Khalifa (@Cairo67Unedited) December 22, 2012
THE SHARIA CLIFF: @DRUDGE_REPORT: Egypt: 'Things are definitely worse than under the old regime'… http://t.co/fs6px3Pl"
— GLENN (@GCGATOR24) December 22, 2012
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, who is chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and was instrumental in the release of former Marine Jon Hammar from a Mexican prison, issued a cautionary statement today.
Morsi’s constitution lacks key democratic principles that fail 2 protect basic #humanrights + minorities. http://t.co/qHGANVOr
— Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (@RosLehtinen) December 22, 2012
Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood-led government will be claiming a victory after this Saturday’s referendum on Egypt’s new constitution. However, the stark reality is that this is a defeat for the Egyptian people. We must not forget that this new constitution not only fails to protect many Egyptians, but also fails to meet international standards for protecting basic human rights. In his attempt to solidify power, Morsi excluded the opposition parties and religious and ethnic minority groups from the drafting process. The Muslim Brotherhood-led government was then able to integrate sharia law into key aspects of the constitution, omitting pivotal protections for ethnic and religious minorities.
Put another way:
Over the next couple of months you're going to watch Morsi turn Egypt into a caliphate and get shocked that it's not 622 AD anymore
— shaitan (@abstracte) December 22, 2012
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