El Baradei becomes the incoming Egyptian PM - liberals win phase 2

[Sinister Cultural Marxist]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23214310


Leading liberal Egyptian politician Mohamed ElBaradei is to be named prime minister, the BBC understands.
Mena state news agency says he is meeting interim President Adly Mahmud Mansour, three days after the army removed Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi amid growing nationwide unrest.
The move in turn triggered violent unrest by Morsi supporters on Friday.
Mr ElBaradei, a former head of the UN nuclear watchdog, leads an alliance of liberal and left-wing parties.
More than 30 people died and hundreds were wounded in Friday's protests by Islamist supporters of the deposed president.
Huge crowds have demonstrated again in Cairo on Saturday to demand his reinstatement.
Meanwhile opponents of Mr Morsi have called for demonstrations against the Muslim Brotherhood, to which he belongs, on Sunday.
He is in detention, along with some senior Brotherhood figures.
I guess it's not a surprise that someone with "international credibility" was given the PMship (even though the nationalist and "social democrat" Nasserist Hamdeen Sabahi got the 3rd highest number of votes in the second round of the election). I guess Europe, local business leaders, the US and military interests will be happy that they found a moderate liberal figure to lead Egypt's parliament. If the economic situation in Egypt remains dire however, this won't help the chances of the liberal parties in the next election, and its questionable how much authority the parliament would have in an Egypt run by the military anyways.

[Sudsy]

In the end, what will change? Nothing. Western sanctioned parliamentary politics won't help Egypt.

[CatsAttack]

Can someone give me the cliffs notes on whats happened in Egypt since Mouborak was overthrown? I'm completely out of the loop and the wikipedia seems to have so much irrelevant info.

Thank you.

[TheEmancipator]

This is just the next historical process in Egypt. I do not see what the problem is, so long as the Egyptian Army that is heavily influenced by the US relinquishes power.

Are you really expecting a working class movement when the proletariat has yet to distinguish itself from members of the secular bourgeoisie and peasantry?

[A Revolutionary Tool]

This guy has been going for that position since the start in '11, it's funny he finally gets it in such a manner. It's going to be interesting if the masses of working class people turn from him too, El Baradei isn't going to change much, I could see people out in the streets soon in Egypt.

[Paul Pott]

What's he going to do, not listen to the IMF? He's a liberal.

Of course the people are going to sour on him, just as soon as they hate the SCAF again.

[khad]

BREAKING

Ultra-Salafists already breaking ranks with coup, butthurt at the appointment of the liberal El-Baradei. Al-Nour is the second biggest party after the Ikhwan and even more radical, so this can only mean fireworks.


Egypt's Salafist Al-Nour Party rejects appointment of ElBaradei as interim PM
English.news.cn 2013-07-07 05:22:13

CAIRO, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Egypt's Salafist Al-Nour Party on Saturday rejected the appointment of Mohamed ElBaradei, leader of the opposition bloc, the National Salvation Front, as the country' s interim prime minister, official news agency MENA reported.

The move will deepen the state's "polarization," Al-Nour's deputy leader Bassam el-Zarqa was quoted as saying.

Meanwhile, the Freedom and Justice Party, the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, from which ousted President Mohamed Morsi hails, also rejected the nomination, the state-run Ahram online reported.

ElBaradei was officially appointed as the country's interim prime minister earlier on Saturday and was assigned to form a transitional government. He has reportedly resigned as chairman of the Al-Dostour Party on the same day.

The post of prime minister has been vacant since the removal of Morsi on Wednesday along with his government led by former Prime Minister Hesham Qandil.

Morsi's deposition, forced by the army, came as a response to millions of protesters who demanded his ouster due to his "poor performance and maladministration."

According to a presidential source who earlier spoke to Ahram online, ElBaradei "will be sworn in shortly."

[Teacher]

I don't know much about ElBaradei aside from the fact that he (along with Hans Blix) helped facilitate the war in Iraq by muddling the weapons inspection stuff, but what else could you expect?

[Sinister Cultural Marxist]

The military apparently walked back the nomination of El-Baradei. They are now saying he is one person among many who is being offered. Evidently, the military is either not as united or not as disciplined (or both) as one might expect.

[Leo]

I find how hard the Western bourgeoisie had been trying to get this El Baradei person to become the leader of Egypt so funny.

[A Revolutionary Tool]

I find how hard the Western bourgeoisie had been trying to get this El Baradei person to become the leader of Egypt so funny.

Right?! I mean all the way back at the beginning they tried putting him at the head of the opposition, annointed by the Western Media as the leader of the revolution. On the ground most people were probably wondering who the hell El Baradei was. If he comes to such a position through essentially a military coup that would make the irony unbearably funny.

[Teacher]

ElBaradei was supposed to be interviewed on Meet the Press today but apparently had a sore throat and canceled his appearance.