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ElBaradei Speaks Out against Morsi 'Not Even the Pharaohs Had So Much Authority'
Last
week Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi granted himself sweeping new
powers, a move that has sparked widespread backlash. In a SPIEGEL
interview, Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei argues that the move
threatens to plunge Egypt into a dictatorship.
SPIEGEL: Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi granted himself broad new powers last week. Is this a coup?
ElBaradei:
He grabbed full power for himself. Not even the pharaohs had so much
authority, to say nothing of his predecessor Hosni Mubarak. This is a
catastrophe -- it a mockery of the revolution that brought him to power
and an act that leads one to fear the worst.
SPIEGEL: You are widely considered to be
diplomatic and balanced. Why is your reaction now so dramatic? One of
the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood said that the new powers would
only be in effect until a new constitution is passed.
ElBaradei: We have to look at it in the
context of almost two years of transition. We have no functioning
parliament and months ago Morsi assumed legislative functions. Now he's
decided that there should be no opposition to the laws that he makes and
that he is authorized to pass any national security measure. It is
difficult to be more absolutist than that. And the constitutional
convention -- what a sad gathering; it threatens to send us back to the
darkest period of the Middle Ages.
SPIEGEL: Almost all of the liberal and Christian members of the constitutional commission have withdrawn. Why is that?
ElBaradei: Because we all fear that
the Muslim Brotherhood will pass a document with Islamist undertones
that marginalizes the rights of women and religious minorities. Who sits
in this group? One person, who wants to ban music, because it's
allegedly against Sharia law; another, who denies the Holocaust;
another, who openly condemns democracy.
SPIEGEL: You believe that Egypt is on the
path to becoming a dictatorship once again. But Morsi was legally
elected and the Muslim Brotherhood has a majority.
ElBaradei: The Muslim Brotherhood
received their votes under dubious circumstances. The country is
fractured. If the moderate forces no longer have a voice, a civil war
threatens to erupt in Egypt. I fear that. And I fear that this
incompetent government will ruin the economy.
SPIEGEL: Has the Arab Spring already failed in Egypt?
ElBaradei: I don't believe that. I fight
against that. In April I founded the Constitution Party. With the Social
Democrats and all liberal powers we will combine against the Islamists.
We still have a chance and we should not waste the awakening; that
would be a tragedy. Young people want more personal freedom and better
jobs. They want a clear word from the West against Morsi. If Americans
and Europeans really believe in the values that they are always
preaching then they must help us and pressure Morsi.
SPIEGEL: Would you support freezing US aid to Egypt?
ElBaradei: I cannot imagine that someone
with democratic principles could support such a regime for the long
term.* We do not want to repeat the barbarism of the French Revolution.
* Correction: An earlier version of this interview
indicated that Mr. ElBaradei would be speaking with US Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton in the coming days. That is incorrect. We
apologize for the error.
Interview conducted by Erich Follath
ElBaradei Speaks Out against Morsi 'Not Even the Pharaohs Had So Much Authority'
Last
week Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi granted himself sweeping new
powers, a move that has sparked widespread backlash. In a SPIEGEL
interview, Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei argues that the move
threatens to plunge Egypt into a dictatorship.
SPIEGEL: Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi granted himself broad new powers last week. Is this a coup?
ElBaradei:
He grabbed full power for himself. Not even the pharaohs had so much
authority, to say nothing of his predecessor Hosni Mubarak. This is a
catastrophe -- it a mockery of the revolution that brought him to power
and an act that leads one to fear the worst.
SPIEGEL: You are widely considered to be
diplomatic and balanced. Why is your reaction now so dramatic? One of
the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood said that the new powers would
only be in effect until a new constitution is passed.
ElBaradei: We have to look at it in the
context of almost two years of transition. We have no functioning
parliament and months ago Morsi assumed legislative functions. Now he's
decided that there should be no opposition to the laws that he makes and
that he is authorized to pass any national security measure. It is
difficult to be more absolutist than that. And the constitutional
convention -- what a sad gathering; it threatens to send us back to the
darkest period of the Middle Ages.
SPIEGEL: Almost all of the liberal and Christian members of the constitutional commission have withdrawn. Why is that?
ElBaradei: Because we all fear that
the Muslim Brotherhood will pass a document with Islamist undertones
that marginalizes the rights of women and religious minorities. Who sits
in this group? One person, who wants to ban music, because it's
allegedly against Sharia law; another, who denies the Holocaust;
another, who openly condemns democracy.
SPIEGEL: You believe that Egypt is on the
path to becoming a dictatorship once again. But Morsi was legally
elected and the Muslim Brotherhood has a majority.
ElBaradei: The Muslim Brotherhood
received their votes under dubious circumstances. The country is
fractured. If the moderate forces no longer have a voice, a civil war
threatens to erupt in Egypt. I fear that. And I fear that this
incompetent government will ruin the economy.
SPIEGEL: Has the Arab Spring already failed in Egypt?
ElBaradei: I don't believe that. I fight
against that. In April I founded the Constitution Party. With the Social
Democrats and all liberal powers we will combine against the Islamists.
We still have a chance and we should not waste the awakening; that
would be a tragedy. Young people want more personal freedom and better
jobs. They want a clear word from the West against Morsi. If Americans
and Europeans really believe in the values that they are always
preaching then they must help us and pressure Morsi.
SPIEGEL: Would you support freezing US aid to Egypt?
ElBaradei: I cannot imagine that someone
with democratic principles could support such a regime for the long
term.* We do not want to repeat the barbarism of the French Revolution.
* Correction: An earlier version of this interview
indicated that Mr. ElBaradei would be speaking with US Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton in the coming days. That is incorrect. We
apologize for the error.
Interview conducted by Erich Follath
