That is: when the old regime strikes back. The Supreme Court's dissolution of the first directly-elected parliament, where the Muslim Brotherhood had a very strong plurality, ups the stakes dramatically. It could ultimately disqualify the MB candidate for president. But the runoff presidential election is this weekend. The NYT's take-away:
The ruling — which critics said amounted to a back-door coup — means that whoever emerges as the winner of the runoff scheduled for this weekend will take power without the check of a sitting Parliament and could even exercise some influence over the election of a future Parliament.
The Dish is busy scanning online expertise on what this means for a reax post soon. But to my untrained eye, this is likely to prompt a surge in votes for the Brotherhood candidate if the election is free and fair. Which, given this provocation, would be entirely understandable.
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