The powers that be (naturally, that would not include the president, vice president, cabinet, any political parties or, of course, any say from the people) have selected a
new roster of governors for Egypt. Military or police rank is the chief (or only) qualifying criteria among the
vast majority of the appointees, another clear sign of the country's stunted democratic development. A few braved the
prevailing fascist climate to
oppose the announcements. Such voices were immediately drowned out by the contemporaneous decision to break-up the Muslim Brotherhood protest camps, creating an overwhelming news story and self-fulfilling justification for the return to the overt militarization of local government.
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New governors and little palm trees
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