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Egypt shows us that elections aren’t enough

6 July 2013

9:00 AM

6 July 2013

9:00 AM

Democracy and holding elections are not the same thing. There could be no better demonstration of this than the experience of Egypt. Protesters who two years ago gathered in Cairo to force a dictator out of office, and to win the right to replace him with an elected governmentS, are back — this time to demand the resignation of the president whom they elected.

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