Breaking News from the LA Times: EGYPT: Military dissolves parliament and suspends constitution

Don't see where the Military had much choice but to dissolve Parliament since there was so much fraud and mass arrest with the Mubarak faction making sure they held a majority of seats. This type of dictatorship proved to be Mubarak's downfall.

At least it looks like they kept the ministers in place that run the various parts of Government to keep everything working. It is going to be a mess as they continue to sort out the problems left behind by Mubarak and his people who ran the Government for 30 years.

It is a good sign the military is still on schedule to hold elections in the fall. Now some protestors have to give the military the space to act as nothing is going to happen overnight. They will have to patient and take it day by day as the Country gets back to work.

EGYPT: Military dissolves parliament and suspends constitution
February 13, 2011 | 6:42 am

Egypt's military dissolved the country's parliament and suspended the constitution, saying it will rule for six months or until presidential and parliamentary elections are held, according to a statement by the military council read on state TV Sunday.

The move, which comes two days after the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, meets some of the demands of the anti-government protesters who demonstrated against Mubarak and the parliament and demanded constitutional reforms.

Parliamentary elections held in November were viewed as fraudulent and marred by mass arrests, pressure on independent candidates, news media harassment and a boycott by some opposition groups. Last week, in the final days of the protests, hundreds gathered in front of the parliament building in addition to the thousands in Tahrir Square.

The army appears to have left in place the cabinet of ministers, the body of government that is running the country.

--Raja Abdulrahim and Jeffrey Fleishman

Source: LA Times