Translate. Egypt's Transition Imbroglio - By Nathan J. Brown. The phrase "Egyptian transition process" has become tragicomically oxymoronic in light of the dizzying series of developments over the past month.
More metaphorically, events have driven entire herds of elephants stampeding through every legal and constitutional loophole in Egypt's makeshift interim political system. There are, to be sure, some rules. In the seven weeks following former President Hosni Mubarak's forced departure last year, a series of policy statements by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), a set of constitutional amendments developed by an ad hoc committee appointed by the SCAF and approved in a referendum, and a "constitutional declaration" drafted secretly and proclaimed by the SCAF collectively laid out a set of procedures for rebuilding the Egyptian political order. Yamauchi. Translate. Egypt election bans threaten fresh political turmoil. 17 April 2012Last updated at 01:15 ET By Jon Leyne BBC News, Cairo There have been demonstrations against the candidacy of former intelligence chief Omar Suleiman Egypt's troubled transition to possible democracy has been thrown into further turmoil, after nearly half of the candidates were disqualified by the electoral commission.
Those prevented from standing include the former intelligence chief, Omar Suleiman, the Muslim Brotherhood candidate Khairat al-Shater, and the candidate of the hardline Islamists, the Salafists, Hazem Salah Abu Ismail. On the face of it, the electoral commission has applied, even-handedly, the very restrictive laws on qualifying to run for president.