http://dagblog.com/link/egypt-tries-out-parliamentary-democracy-12846 Comments for "Egypt tries out parliamentary democracy" en http://dagblog.com/comment/147567#comment-147567 <a id="comment-147567"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/egypt-tries-out-parliamentary-democracy-12846">Egypt tries out parliamentary democracy</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>I'm not trying to make any point here, just celebrating this enormous step in the country's transformation. I'm even elated that the first day was messy, confrontational, and had to be resolved by a compromise on principle. Welcome to democracy, folks. </p> <p>It will continue to be messy, what with the deep divisions between parliament and the still-ruling military, between secularists, Islamists and ultra-Islamists in the legislature, and above all between the privileged elite and the too-long-ignored poor. </p> <p>Some of the legislators don't really believe in democracy, never having known it in their lifetimes. A lot of learning on the job needs to be done, but still <em>a great day!</em></p> </div></div></div> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:09:38 +0000 acanuck comment 147567 at http://dagblog.com