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Title: Egyptian government unexpectedly resigns
Post by: txradioguy on February 24, 2014, 05:07:43 AM: (http://en.aswatmasriya.com/images/News/original/0d37c97e-e449-4b08-b02f-cb7c8e1fd160.jpg)

The military-backed interim government of Egypt has resigned en masse, the country's interim Prime Minister said in a televised address Monday.

Hazem el-Bablawi said that the cabinet "took a decision to offer its resignation to the president of the republic," but did not give a specific reason for the action.

The move was first reported by the state-run newspaper Al-Ahram, and confirmed to Reuters by an unnamed Egyptian official prior to el-Bablawi's address. The official said that the move was done to clear legal hurdles for army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ahead of his declaration of candidacy for Egypt's presidency.

Sisi was serving as defense minister in the government, and would have needed to leave the post before running for president. However, that does not explain why the entire cabinet felt the need to resign as well. The next presidential and parliamentary elections in Egypt are due to take place sometime this year.

The government was sworn in on July 16, less than two weeks after the ousting of former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi. Its resignation comes amid a host of strikes, including one by public transport workers and garbage collectors. An acute shortage of cooking gas has also been making front page news the past few days.

It was not immediately clear who will replace el-Beblawi, who has often been derided in the media for his perceived indecisiveness and inability to introduce effective remedies to the country's economic woes.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/02/24/egyptian-government-unexpectedly-resigns/
Title: Re: Egyptian government unexpectedly resigns
Post by: obumazombie on February 24, 2014, 08:45:24 AM: Reminds me of a Goucho Marx (modified) quote.
I wouldn't work for any government who would have me as a worker.
Title: Re: Egyptian government unexpectedly resigns
Post by: marv on February 24, 2014, 11:14:20 AM: Wish that would happen here....but Obama's already well along purging the military.
Title: Re: Egyptian government unexpectedly resigns
Post by: NHSparky on February 24, 2014, 07:27:17 PM: In the grand scheme of ME politics, so. Not. Good.
Title: Re: Egyptian government unexpectedly resigns
Post by: thundley4 on February 24, 2014, 07:50:06 PM: The world is going up in flames and Obama and John Effin Kerry are concerned with global warming.
Title: Re: Egyptian government unexpectedly resigns
Post by: NHSparky on February 25, 2014, 10:57:39 AM: Quote from: thundley4 on February 24, 2014, 07:50:06 PM
The world is going up in flames and Obama and John Effin Kerry are concerned with global warming.

Yeah, it's getting hotter, alright. And their dithering is a big reason as to why.

I'm still waiting for those idiot libtards to come back and tell me that Obama is gonna make it so the world loves us again.
Title: Re: Egyptian government unexpectedly resigns
Post by: thundley4 on February 25, 2014, 12:19:37 PM: Quote from: NHSparky on February 25, 2014, 10:57:39 AM
Yeah, it's getting hotter, alright. And their dithering is a big reason as to why.

I'm still waiting for those idiot libtards to come back and tell me that Obama is gonna make it so the world loves us again.

Add in the new defense cuts recently announced and it makes you think Obama is an isolationist.
Title: Re: Egyptian government unexpectedly resigns
Post by: docstew on February 26, 2014, 05:55:09 PM: Quote from: thundley4 on February 25, 2014, 12:19:37 PM
Add in the new defense cuts recently announced and it makes you think Obama is ~~an isolationist~~intentionally weakening the country.

FIFY