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We believe that the government resigning was a poor decision. We think that this process is being rushed to much which could lead to poor decisions in the long run. “Currently there is only one real contender for president; the army chief Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi” (Payne, 2013), and we believe that an election with one candidate is an unhealthy one. It takes away the views of the alternative party. And if the election happens so suddenly egypt will be forced to pick the one available option: the army chief for better or for worse. The next government will have to try to get egypt back on it's feet so it is crucial that the government is a strong one led by a good leader. It would have been the right decision, in this case, for the interim government to hold out until the dust from the Morsi ousting and trial settled before holding another election.
We understand some may take the other side of the argument and say it was necessary. In recent weeks postal workers, low ranked police officers, and other low ranking government workers have been going on strike so it could be argued that it was harming the country if the current government stayed. Some people may think that the new government was a temporary solution and that egypt has to move on from the past and try to elect a new leader.
We must remember that Morsi was elected in a similar fashion. The people of egypt wanted to move on to a new leader so shortly after one(Mubarak) had been thrown out. The country then proceeded to elect a president who had strong ties to one religious group. Then of course Morsi ended up “pursuing an Islamist agenda” (Payne, 2014) and giving himself, the Muslim brotherhood and the government tons of power (for example; he gave himself the right to do whatever he thought necessary to protect the country) while taking it away from the people. This resulted in hundreds of thousands of protesters and Morsi being forced to resign. The people of egypt had elected the wrong leader in their eagerness for change and improvement. We believe that the interim government should be given some patience. “They are put in charge in a difficult time so it is not their fault that Egypt is in bad shape” (Lynch, 2014). Immediately electing another president could lead Egypt back into the pit they just emerged from. We are not saying Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi would be a bad president, the problem it is too soon to know if he would be a good one.
By: Alec Mackie