Egyptian protestors: concenssions not enough

Mohamued Shelbaya, an Egyptian international arbitration lawyer, called into The Huffington Post and offered the following feedback on the government’s concessions:

They didn’t do any concessions other than those that were already in the speech by the president and vice president because they didn’t agree to lift the Emergency Act as an act. They simply said they would lift the state of emergency, which is a simple legal characterization of what the situation in the country is, when the situation metabolizes, which is basically what they’ve been saying for the past thirty years.

The other points were basically points that were all taken out of the speech of president's, i.e. the not running [for] reelection [in] September and the modifications of Article 67 and 66 of the Constitution.

After reading the first AP report about the meeting of the Eqyptian VP with representatives of the protestors, I was too ready to believe a real solution was emerging. The AP and I were both not sufficiently knowledgeable or critical. Let's wait for further developments.

Ralph