Mohammed Morsi, the first democratically elected leader of Egypt, was ousted from power by the Egyptian military after just one year in office. Although he had won more than 50 percent of the votes to become Egypt’s first freely elected president, the election was more of case of voting against Mubarak’s former prime minister, Gen. Ahmad Shafiq and
Egyptian Coup-eration: Blurry Lines Between Democracy And Military Shadow Governance
The Morsi government was unpopular and ineffective. But history shows that military intervention doesn’t end well.
