Egyptian government struggle with the lack of control in Sinai

Egyptian government struggle with the lack of control in Sinai

Introduction

Egyptian government

The government and politics of Egypt is marked by the current Egyptian Constitution which was approved by referendum on 11 September of 1971, and amended in 1981 and 2005. According to it, Egypt is a Republic Arabic, of a social or socialist to a democratic system where Islam is the official religion of the State and legal rules are based on the Koran, but is attributed to the State's obligation to provide worship any religion. In fact, it is a presidential republic, with a confessional state of moderate Islam.

Egypt is the first country in history to establish a system of central government and taken from the city of Memphis, the capital of the country and the seat of government after the unification of kingdoms of the north and south in 3232 BC. It was established by King Mina. During the Islamic era was the country's affairs are managed by the governor, who was appointed by the Caliph. They formed the first government of Egyptian modern August 28, 1878, by a decision issued by the Khedive Ismail, headed by Nubar Pasha. The Egyptian government has faced the rise of terrorist acts by Islamic fundamentalists promoted and supported by campaigns among the population and the adoption of special legislation to combat these actions, seems to have defeated politically. This victory did not prevent the previous terrorist attacks against foreign tourists take to the fall of its main industry and its main foreign exchange earner, tourism, deteriorating in recent years is recovering.

Discussion

Smuggling in Egypt

In Egypt, as it happens around the world, crimes are an everyday thing, and one of the most common crimes is smuggling, and not just talks about drug smuggling, but in Egypt there is smuggling of all kind. A clear example of this contraband is readily apparent in any street market in the country, in which insurance a lot of vendors come out to offer us all kinds of products. Well, most electronic products we offer in these places are contraband, especially watches.

Smuggling of weapons

There is a sharp increase in smuggling of advanced weapons to Gaza through the Sinai; the latter makes a challenge to security and a source of concern in Israel because of the strategic consequences that can be caused by the weakening Egyptian control regime on the peninsula. Furthermore, special agreements signed between the former gas regime in Egypt and Israel have been criticized recently in Egypt, various media reported on plans to prosecute the former oil ministers, who were in charge of contracts gas, on charges of "squandering of public funds" totaling 714 million dollars, and plan to "review" those arrangements gas exports to Israel, with the intention of increasing state benefits. Besides the immediate economic damage that series of attacks suggests that there are additional security risks because of the new situation in Egypt - the Sinai Peninsula could become a "no man's land", which ...