Morsi in prison, government on its way to stabilizing Egypt?

Egyptian Revolution Week of 15 November 2013

             

   Despite the Egyptian Revolution’s happening over two years ago, new events and information continue to unfold in this conflicted country. Since Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi was sentenced to prison, the military backed interim government has been cracking down on his supporters, essentially “crippling” the Muslim Brotherhood in the country. Not only have several thousand members been arrested, and hundreds killed, but the Brotherhood has been banned from Egypt and a government-appointed committee is reviewing the group’s national financial assets with intent to seize them in the name of the government. New presidential and parliamentary elections are planned for early next year by the interim government. Under the crackdown, protests by Morsi's supporters have dwindled and have been reduced to small gatherings in universities or localized neighborhood rallies.

                It would seem that the military-supported government is making much headway into the stabilization of the country. The numbers of Muslim Brotherhood members in jail and six feet under appear promising for the future security of the nation. However, this could only be due to the fact that it is a military-backed government. When elections are held next year for a leadership matrix of more conservative security ideals, the masses of the Brotherhood may swell once again. However, with such a militaristic view to the government’s it begs the question as to how the other facets of the country have been faring this week. How is the economy doing? Is it improving in the midst of the chaos? And the people? Is their condition improving? Perhaps once the Brotherhood itself is ousted and a permanent government set in place will Egypt be the sanctuary and solace that it needs to be for itself.

By Nick Lopez