Will Egypt get a second chance at democracy 2013
Will Egypt get a second chance at democracy
That’ s what the world is asking, a week after Egypt’ s military forced President Mohamed Morsy from office, after a year of what the opposition called tyrannical governance
Second chances are rare in any country, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns said in Cairo on Monday, after meeting with the interim leader, Adly Mansour
Speaking with CNN’ s Christiane Amanpour, Frank Wisner, the former U.S. envoy to Egypt, said that Egypt should seize the opportunity
It’s a second chance, he said
One worth achieving, and there’ s a chance Egypt can do it
Last week, Egypt’ s acting foreign minister, Mohamed Kamel Amr, said that there would be a maximum of six to seven months before new presidential elections are held
It’ s an adventuresome goal, but it’ s not impossible, Wisner said in reaction
Much of the construction has already been written, Egypt has a very sophisticated election machinery
What is critical between now and then, Wisner said, was consensus-building
I can’ t predict what the Muslim Brothers will do, he said
I know they are being called upon to join But it is an opportunity for Egypt to bind up its wounds and come together