(Image Source: Los Angeles Times)

BY ADNAN S. KHAN

ANCHOR ANA COMPAIN-ROMERO

Thousand of Egyptians are marching once again. This time, they’re challenging what they see as an attempt by ruling military powers to hijack their hope for a democratic Egypt. Euronews describes what reinvigorated the revolutionaries.

“It comes after the government tried to guarantee the military’s role in a constitutional proposal. An estimated 50,000 people turned out in scenes reminiscent of the bloody uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak in February. Many of those who joined the rally say ensuring a role for Egypt’s army will be a significant step backwards for democracy.”
 

The military council took over after the toppling of Hosni Mubarak’s regime and vowed to end its interim rule within six months … It’s been 10 months since that promise. The military is now trying to gain a permanent role in the future of Egyptian politics. Ahram Online says the people are visibly infuriated.


“Egyptians from across the political and ideological spectrum have in turn run out of patience, taking to the streets to call for a fixed timeline bookended by the speedy departure of the military rulers.”
 

The protest is being led by the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist Party which rose to prominence after the fall of Hosni Mubarak. The Los Angeles Times talked to a member who explained why the Brotherhood is challenging the military.

“The generals want to ‘abort the revolution’ ... ‘They're causing strife among Egyptians, and they want to marginalize everyone ... so they can say we're not ready for democracy and justify staying in power.’”
 

The Washington Post notes the military does have some support from the more liberal elements in the country.

“Some liberals have advocated such guidance, seeing it as a potential bulwark against religious fundamentalists, but Islamists have described it as undemocratic, saying it marks an expansion of military powers and robs an elected body of the responsibility for shaping the constitution.”

But The New York Times says the liberal voice has been drowned out by the standoff between Egypt’s military and the once-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.
 

“‘Each side is drawing lines in the sand over its future role in the political process,’ said an Egyptian scholar at Notre Dame who was in Tahrir Square on Friday … Egyptian liberals, torn between their fears of Islamist power on the one hand and of military rule on the other, mostly stayed home.”

The Los Angeles Times adds the military may delay elections until 2013.