Tag: national defence council

EgyptPolitics

NCSL and Tamarod at opposite ends over army mandate

While the National Coalition to Support Legitimacy warns that "coup leaders" are…

Hend Kortam Hend Kortam
President Morsy (file photo) AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB
EgyptPolitics

The president and the constitution

Analysis of the draft constitution, part 4: the president

Ahmed Aboulenein Ahmed Aboulenein
Constituent assembly members gather for a meeting (File photo) Hassan Ibrahim
EgyptPolitics

Constituent Assembly finalises declaration of war decision, set to vote on Shari’a

President has the right to declare war, military opinion merely "advisory"

Ahmed Aboulenein Ahmed Aboulenein
Field Marshal Hussein Tantawy, the head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF), after denying that he has plans to seek position of defence minister (photo: Amr Nabil | AFP)
EgyptPolitics

Presidential office denies SCAF rejected defence minister appointment

Official Presidential Spokesperson Yasser Aly denied that President Morsy nominated former Major…

Ahmed Aboulenein Ahmed Aboulenein

In advance of handover of power military delineates scope of influence

  Late on Monday evening the Supreme Council of Armed Forces delivered…

Maryam Ishani Maryam Ishani