Political Discord in Egypt’s Constitutional Transformation Process in 2012–2013
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The purpose of this study is to identify the factors of the political discord in Egyptian society that followed from the end of 2012 to the summer of 2013 in the context of the confrontation for power in the country in the 2011–2013s. by two players: the army leadership represented by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces and the Muslim Brotherhood Islamist movement (an extremist organization banned in the Russian Federation) represented by the Freedom and Justice Party. According to the results of the analysis, it is recorded that the political discord in Egypt's society is formed in response to the activities of the Islamist government led by President Mohammed Morsi. The «project» of state transformation proposed and implemented (for a short time) by them was reactionary, as it was aimed at eliminating SCAF’s constitutional declarations designed in 2011–2012s. to limit powers of newly elected politicians. Their involving into the regulatory and legal field is regarded in this work as a key factor in the subsequent next round of the political crisis of the Arab Spring. To eliminate them, the M. Morsi’s government focuses on the formation of its own full-fledged constitution, designed to change the balance of power in political system. However, this is regarded by the politically active part of society as an attempt to usurp power and build an Islamic dictatorship in the end.

Dombrovskiy P. A. Political Discord in Egypt’s Constitutional Transformation Process in 2012-2013 // HISTORY AND MODERN PERSPECTIVES. 2024. Vol. 6. № 2. P. 126-135. (in Russ.) DOI: 10.33693/2658-4654-2024-6-2-126-135. EDN: KBPJBV

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Egypt, the Arab Spring, revolution, political discord, Muslim Brotherhood, military authorities, constitutional transformation, electoral processes..