Freedom House launched the Egypt Democracy Compass, a monthly assessment of Egypt’s trajectory toward democracy in the wake of the July 3 military coup. The initial findings showed that, despite the military authorities’ pledge of a rapid transition to democracy, Egypt had suffered declines on six of the eight key indicators measured by the compass. “These are disturbing trends,” said David J. Kramer, president of Freedom House. “It’s too early to draw any final conclusions, obviously, but the justification for the coup was that Egypt was suffering a drift towards authoritarianism under Morsi. Our analysis, as reflected in the Egypt Democracy Compass, shows significant decline in most of the country’s democratic institutions,” Kramer added. The Egypt Democracy Compass will assess progress in eight key components of democratic transition: the constitution, elections, political participation, civilian control and security-sector reform, media freedom and freedom of expression, religious freedom, peaceful assembly and civic activism, and judicial independence and rule of law. At the beginning of each month, the project will summarize developments in these categories and assign a status—backsliding, stalled, progress, or achieved—to indicate the direction in which the country is headed.
Posted on: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 13:26:03 +0000
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