At Swearing-In, Sisi Vows to Lead an ‘Inclusive’ Egypt

      On Sunday in Cairo Egypt,  Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the former general who led the military take over a year ago, was sworn in as President. He is supposedly a strong man who in hopes of all people could fix the dysfunctional economy and the political polarization that has been going on for the past three years with the open democracy in Egypt. He pledged that he will work on gaining security and stabilizing Egypt and the region. Since 2011 it seems as if the country was facing long, challenging revolutions that led to a military takeover in 2013 after forcing out former President Hosni Mubarak. The new elected President sounds more promising to the people stating that the differences in all people will be worked out by voicing the different opinions, "the differences are enriching and diversifying, and bestowing the spirit of cooperation and love on our shared patriotic labors."
      The inaugural ceremony suggested that the president is in full control of the Egyptian state. There is supposedly little expectation of legislative, judicial or bureaucratic checks on his power. Egypt seems to be on the right path with the joy of citizens who are only wishing for a change for the better in the region which they seem to believe will happen according to Judge Sami who said that they see “a bright tomorrow and a new birth.” He sounds like a promising President to me and I only hope for the best for the Egyptians who have gone through troubling times in the past few years.

 -Monica Gryszowka



http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/09/world/middleeast/sisi-sworn-in-as-egypts-president.html?ref=world