Sunday, July 7, 2013

Written Assignment #5 - GOVT 2305 - 11 week online class only

So Egypt seems to have trouble sticking to its constitution. After recently electing a president for the first time in its history, he was deposed with the apparent help of the army, which has also replaced him.

Despite the fact that the constitutional order was clearly violated, there are those that support what was done because the previous president - it was feared - intended to prevent a democratic system from evolving at all and perhaps send Egypt down the road to becoming an Islamic Republic. The constitution had to be violated in order to preserve the constitution - so to speak.

I want you to read through the facts and commentary about what's going on and comment on it. Specically I want to you to give me your thoughts on this question: Was the ousting of the Egyptian president the right thing to do? Why or why not?