Lost Lake Tribune Part 1

Egypt's Military Ruler Orders Parliament Dissolved

CAIRO | Sat Jun 16, 2012

(Reuters) - Egypt's military ruler has ordered the dissolution of parliament, an official said, in line with a court ruling, which Islamists who dominate the assembly condemn as a coup by the generals who took charge when Hosni Mubarak was ousted.

The Supreme Constitutional Court declared the lower house election invalid on Thursday, dissolving a body seen as one of the few substantive gains from a messy and often bloody transition to democracy overseen by the army.

An official in the speaker of parliament's office told Reuters on Saturday that a letter had been sent a day earlier by Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi ordering parliament dissolved and saying no member should be allowed to enter the building.

The Muslim Brotherhood, which secured the biggest bloc of seats in a vote that ended in January, warned of "dangerous days" ahead and said the political gains of the revolt that toppled Mubarak on February 11, 2011 could be wiped out.

The Brotherhood said parliament should only be dissolved by a popular referendum. The order to dissolve the assembly "represents a coup against the whole democratic process", the group said in a statement on the Facebook page of its Freedom and Justice Party (FJP).

The FJP said in another statement that the decision showed the military council's desire to "take possession of all powers despite the will of the people".

"We are asking for the people to be the ones who decide that the parliament gets dissolved, as such a decision should be taken by the people's will and not the executive authority," FJP deputy leader Essam el-Erian told Reuters.

Some critics have compared the dissolution to the start of Algeria's civil war in 1992, when its army cancelled an election an Islamist party was winning. The Brotherhood renounced violence as a means to achieving political change in Egypt decades ago.

The constitutional court also ruled to overturn a law passed by the Islamist-led assembly that would have blocked Ahmed Shafik, a former military officer and Mubarak's last prime minister from a presidential run-off vote on Saturday and Sunday.

Shafik is competing against the Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsy.

Voting in the election was proceeding calmly, with no reports of major violations from independent monitoring groups on the first of two days when Egypt's 50 million eligible voters can cast ballots.

(Reporting by Marwa Awad and Omar Fahmy; Writing by Edmund Blair; Editing by Andrew Roche)

Information Gained from http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/16/us-egypt-election-parliament-idUSBRE85F0L520120616

Editorial: I used these articles for a reason. I used them to show that our nation needs to return to a former type of government. A type considered a sin by many and an attack on the human spirit by others. This form of government if used correctly can produce the right type of unity and can purge a nation of dangerous opposition. This form of government is DICTATORSHIP. Not the tyranny of Fidel Castro, but the leadership of men like Cyrus, Josiah, and David is what I desire.

Let me give you a basic description of the dictatorship that I desire. Next week, I will discuss reasons for this dictatorship. First, legal citizens and residents of the nation who are law-abiding and alive would elect this dictatorship. This election would occur about every 4 to 5 years and the dictator would serve as many as two terms as stated by the constitution.

Second, there would be no federal legislature. These powers would be given to the states, cities, and counties for their local administrations. The only elected individuals in the Federal Government would be judges, the dictator, the vice-dictator, and his cabinet.

Third, the dictator and his cabinet would make all the laws. They would not be permitted to pass a law that breaks the constitution. The judges would decide private court matters and criminal court matters that are at a federal level. They would also determine if a law is unconstitutional when it affects the life of a citizen.

Fourth, the dictator would be required to operate a planned budget surplus so that he and his cabinet could be paid for the year. If not, they would receive nothing and have to work in the private sector to provide for their needs.  

Fifth, the dictator would be required to be fair to all his people. He knows that an election is coming in which could be ousted. He also knows that the courts have every right to put down his laws. In addition, he knows that the people have placed him in this position to do what is best for the country not what is best for his party.

Sixth, the dictator would be allowed and expected to punish all opposition with imprisonment. Any citizen that publicly called the laws of the nation immoral and unconstitutional would be punished unless the court determined that he was right. Anyone that supports and/or participates in immoral behavior would be imprisoned after a fair trial. Opposition would become the way of the past except during election years.  

Finally, the dictator would also punish organized opposition with even greater punishment including imprisonment and corporal punishment. If someone does not like the nation he lives in, he is free to leave and join another nation.

I am sure that my readers will think this is radical government theory, but it was the way of King David, King Josiah, and many others (II Samuel 8:15; 18:6-8; 20:20-22; II Chronicles 34:1-7). Contrary to those who oppose dictatorships (link), I believe that they can be done correctly and can be helpful to the advancement of a nation.

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