Old ways return
The new regime, underpinned by the army, is taking back old state powers
IN HIS first televised interview since Egypt’s army named him interim president in July, Adli Mansour said Egyptians should get used to having a modest and retiring head of state. “The era of pharaonic rule is over,” said the former judge on September 3rd, explaining why he has lifted a legal ban against insulting Egypt’s leader. “So thoughtful of him to go on TV,” quipped an internet wit in response. “Now we might even remember his name.”
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Old ways return”
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