Egypt slid even further away from democracy this week. One of the biggest recepients of US foreign aid has passed via national referendum a set of reforms that's been dubbed "a cancellation of the constitution". It appears that virtually no Egyptians actually went to the polls to vote for this, though the government has called the election a resounding success and has claimed that turnout was 27%.
Posted by armand at March 30, 2007 01:12 PM | TrackBack | Posted to International Affairs