Quadriga: Egypt - Legitimizing the Coup | Quadriga

Six months after the military coup which ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, Egyptians have been called upon to vote yet again on a new constitution. The draft contains less Islam and more civil rights. But it also gives more power to the military.

Mohammed Morsi was democratically elected, but his government was authoritarian. The constitution introduced under Morsi was heavily criticised for edging Egypt towards theocracy and for giving wide-ranging powers to the president and his Muslim Brotherhood.

So is Egypt's new constitution a genuine chance to relaunch democracy in the country? Or is its only possible purpose to legitimize military rule?

Our guests:

Ahmed Badawi - researcher and political analyst
Asiem El Difraoui – Senior Fellow at the Institute for Media and Communication Policy in Berlin
Tom Goeller – political analyst of US and Middle Eastern, as well as security affairs