Analysis: Constitution ‘yes’ gives Egypt’s Islamists foundation to create more religious state

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By Associated Press,
Dec 23, 2012 08:38 PM EST
AP Updated: Sunday, December 23, 3:38 PM

CAIRO — With the passage of a divisive constitution, Egypt’s Islamist leadership has secured its tightest grip on power since Hosni Mubarak’s ouster nearly two years ago and laid the foundation for legislation to create a more religious state.

The opposition’s response — a vow to keep fighting the charter and the program of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi — ensured that the turmoil of the past two years will not end as many, especially the tens of millions of poor craving stability, had fervently hoped.

“The referendum is not the end game. It is only a battle in this long struggle for the future of Egypt,” the opposition National Salvation Front said in a strongly worded statement on Sunday.

“We will not allow a change to the identity of Egypt or the return of the age of tyranny,” added the front, which claims the new constitution seeks to enshrine Islamic rule in Egypt and accuses the Islamists of trying to monopolize power.

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1. Depressing.

As Winston Churchill once said, democracy is the worst possible system of government, except for all the others.