Silence again from the LSM. When Morsi “took power” we got 24/7 updates on how progressive he was & was going to bring “democracy” to Egypt.

Via JPost

Egypt just cleared the first hurdle in the road map set down by Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and the provisional government set up after the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi. With results of the referendum on a new constitution, Sisi has won the legitimacy he needed, not only in Egypt but in the West that had claimed getting rid of the Muslim Brotherhood regime and of its “elected” president was nothing short of an unacceptable military coup.

Ninety-eight percent of the voters approved the constitution, not a mean feat, though it does unfortunately bring to mind the heydays of such leaders as Hosni Mubarak, Muammar Gaddafi and others who did not hesitate to resort to artificially inflated numbers regarded with justifiable suspicion in democratic countries. Yet here the situation appears to be quite different.

What took place last week was more of a vote of confidence in Sisi than approval of a constitution that most Egyptians would not have been able to read, let alone understand.

It is nevertheless worthy of note that this is probably the least Islamic and the most democratic constitution that Egypt has known since Anwar Sadat. In any case, the overwhelming yes vote was a clarion call for Sisi to run for president.

The country has gone through three years of turmoil and insecurity since Mubarak was toppled; violence has claimed more than 3,000 victims and left many more wounded; the economy is in ruins, the tourists are no longer coming and unemployment is all pervasive. What was worse was the loss of hope, the feeling that the revolution that was to have brought a democratic regime making an all-out effort to revitalize the economy and forge a better future for the tens of millions of Egyptians had failed.

Today, Gen. Sisi appears to be the last resort. He represents the army, the single- most respected and loved institution in the country, because it is the symbol of its unity and the shield of its security. This is still true, even though the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces that took over after the fall of Mubarak showed itself incapable of restoring stability and dealing with the economy. Once again Egyptians are looking for a strong man who will put an end to anarchy and address the burning issues plaguing the country.