Judge advised Egypt’s Military to Cement Power- NYT

Tahnia el-Gebali deputy president of the Supreme Constitutional Court told the New York Times(NYT) that she advised the generals not to cede authority to civilians until a Constitution was written. The Supreme Court then issued a decision that allowed the military to dissolve the first fairly elected Parliament in Egypt’s history and assure that the generals could oversee the drafting of a Constitution.

The article says that the Generals never intended to abide by the democratic process or submit to th elected authority and would only fulfil their promisse once the constitution is created under their supervision. The judges were appointed under Mubarak and have done their best to preserve the system in a way they think is best for the country. Infact  quite a substantial portion of the secular elements of society agree with them.  They would like to ensure that Egypt is a civil state as opposed to a religious one. Although Mohamed Morsi won the election he faces the Supreme Army Council which has all the  legislative and budgetary powers and will not cede them until a new constitution is written and approved and a new Parliament elected and  that could take sometime.