Human Wrongs Watch
By Shahira Amin for RIA Novosti* – Having won the election by a mere 51 percent of the vote two months ago, Egypt’s new Islamist president Mohamed Morsi now has less than a month left to solve all the problems he promised to tackle in his first 100 days in office, and the Egyptian youth and press are not about to let him off the hook: a new Web site called the “Morsi Meter” has been launched to track the president’s performance.
Morsi. Credit: shirsoleiman20120614070613217.jpg. presstv.ir
The site’s findings leave much to be desired: the “Morsi meter” now shows Egyptians’ satisfaction with what Morsi has achieved so far at just 47 percent. Much of the evaluation has been negative, with critics lamenting that 61 out of a total of 64 electoral promises made by the president remain unfulfilled.
There is a “to do” list under each of the five areas outlined in Morsi’s “100-day plan,” but so far only three tasks have been ticked off as “accomplished,” while 23 out of the remaining 61 are marked “in progress.”
To be fair, Morsi is operating in dire economic conditions, as analysts warn that Egypt is on the brink of economic disaster.
A series of interruptions and strikes that have taken place since the revolution resulted in a marked drop in productivity, while political turmoil and the shaky security situation have scared off foreign investors and tourists. Unemployment in the country has soared to 20 percent, and foreign currency reserves are at a dangerous all-time low.
