Egypt’s Morsi Provokes Anger, Astonishment with appointment of Governor from former Terrorist Group |
Juan Cole
Informed Comment
▻http://www.juancole.com/2013/06/astonishment-appointment-terrorist.html
As Egyptians demonstrated against him again on Friday, in preparation for big rallies on June 30, President Muhammad Morsi has shot himself in the foot with a series of ill advised appointments of provincial governors.
Morsi continues to demonstrate that he is politically tone deaf and that his decision-making takes place in a small circle of close advisers from his Muslim Brotherhood sect. He appointed 17 new governors on Sunday, several of them from the Muslim Brotherhood, and he put Adel Khayat over the province of Luxor. Khayat is from the former terrorist group, al-Gama’a al-Islamiya (The Islamic Grouping), which gave up violence about a decade ago.