Egypt’s New Old Government

Egypt’s first-ever freely elected president, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi, has appointed his first cabinet, but 25 of its 35 ministers are either holdovers from the old regime or technocrats with no public political affiliation. As a result, the struggle for Egypt is set to enter a new phase.

CAIRO – Egypt’s first-ever freely elected president, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi, has appointed his first cabinet, and guess what? It is crammed with officials from the old regime.

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