CAIRO, Egypt. - Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood has been announced as Egypt's newly elected President in over two decades. Mosri is the first President in six decades who does not belong to the military.
After a week of delays and confusion the elections committee finally announced on Sunday that Morsi, 60, is the winner of the presidential elections that took place last weekend.
In his victory speech, Morsi said, "We as Egyptians, Muslims and Christians, are preachers of civilization and building; so we were, and so we will remain, God willing," he said. "We will face together the strife and conspiracies that target our national unity....We are all equal in rights, and we all have duties toward this homeland... But for me, I have no rights, I have only duties," according to the New York Times.
Muslim Brotherhood supporters gathered at the Tahrir Square cheering the newly elected president who is moving into ousted President Hosni Mubarak's office Monday. "God is greatest! The revolution is a success!," as reported by Reuters, referring to the revolution that sparked everything in January 2011 including the removal of ex-president Hosni Mubarak.
However, there are plenty of Egyptians who are weary of the Islamist candidate. One of the pro-Shafiq supporters told Reuters, "There is no security in the country....We is scared and the Brotherhood is not to be trusted."
The induction of Morsi into office still does not guarantee a sans- military government. Soon after the elections the military passed a legislation that gave them constitutional power independent of the government as well as budgetary authority and the power to veto the president's decision of war.
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court dissolved the democratically elected parliament, which contained a majority of Muslim Brotherhood members. Morsi , in his speech announced that he will work at reestablishing the parliament and transferring power from the military to a democratic institution.
The fate of Egypt as a democratic state remains to be seen.
