Source: The Telegraph
Egypt’s generals were accused of subverting the country’s pro-democracy revolution on Thursday after they banned international observers from monitoring a vital parliamentary election to be held this autumn.
The decision triggered outrage among many of the activists at the forefront of February’s overthrow of Hosni Mubarak, the former president, and raised fears of further instability at a time when many reformers believe the gains they made five months ago are under threat.
The ruling military council claimed that foreign oversight over the vote,Egypt’s most important for decades, would impinge on the country’s sovereignty.
The justification infuriated the liberal opposition, not least because it was used so often by Mr Mubarak, who consistently prevented outside monitoring over every election held during his three decades in power.
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