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AFRICANEWSWIRE.NET (June, 07 2012) “WE WISH to inform our dear viewers that we don’t understand what is happening either, that nobody knows what is going on, and nobody has a clue what the hell is coming next.” This was not a real broadcast but a caption in a recent newspaper cartoon, picturing a perplexed Egyptian family huddled in front of a television. Yet the message, descending from high classical Arabic to pithy dialect, did capture something painfully real: the state of hapless befuddlement Egypt finds itself in, two weeks before a presidential run-off election that offers what many find a deeply discomfiting choice.When mass protests toppled Hosni Mubarak in February last year, the army high command stepped in, promising a swift transition to democracy. Mr Mubarak and his closest friends were to be tried, a new constitution written, and the revolutionary dream of “bread, freedom and justice” realised. But the ruling generals, with dismaying convolutions, have brought scant political gains or economic relief, questionable justice and a dangerous polarisation. Since January’s polls packed parliament with Islamists, the twists have grown...
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