Population growth threatens the earth's resources

Analysts said that the earth's resources which suffer from now with seven billion people in the world, will face the pressure is unbearable when the number will increase to nine billionby 2050 as expected, considering that a revolution in energy use, water and land is the only one that could allow to avoid the disaster.

On 31 October / October will exceed the current world population is officially the threshold of seven billion people, an increase of two billion people in less than 25 years.

May stabilize the world population of nine billion or ten billion, or up to 15 billion people, according to the evolution of the situation in developing countries that register the highest growth rate at present demographic.

With the increase in the number of the world's population is under fresh water resources, soil, seas and forests to great pressure.

If the current pace, it should be the availability of another planet by the year 2030 to meet the needs and absorb the waste of our planet, according to calculations Network "GlobalNetwork Votbrant" (to GFT).

The head of the network Gakirnagal Katas "our economies are now facing the reality ofour spending for many years more than allowed by our means, from the dramatic rise in the prices of food commodities to the harmful effects of climate change."

Rio +20 ConferenceFrench diplomat confirms Brice Lalonde, a coordinator of the next UN Conference on Sustainable Development in June, "Rio +20" (Twenty years after the Earth Summit in 1992) by saying, "in 2030 with an additional billion people on the ground, it will be the question: how to ensure food security and provide basic services to the additional one billion poor people without the need for more energy, water and land. "
He adds: Conference "Rio +20" will be dedicated to discuss ways to establish sustainable cities and the promotion of renewable energy resources and better use of water and management of the oceans in a sustainable manner and to make agriculture more productive without excessive use of chemical pesticides.
However, the defenders of sustainable development are considered to act at the level of fertility rates allows to keep the world's population up to eight billion people, with the help of poor countries at the same out of their poverty, and reduce pressure on natural resources and arming the human better to counter the effects of climate change.
Some experts believe that the key can be in control of births, while the Catholic Church and other religious groups opposed to the absolute opposition.
The director of the American Research Center and the Woodrow Wilson Somalia is actually an example of the effects of the human cost in a country that enjoyed by women in any way to prevent pregnancy.
And is expected to increase the number of the Somali population that live on the impact of civil war for years, ten million people with an average seven children per woman, up to 22.6 million by 2050. A third of the children of this country from acute malnutrition for a long time, according to UNICEF.
Economists think that the solution in the corresponding first pass through the lower levels of poverty and improve education especially among women.

Source: French

The rule of drunk three players sent off

Czech police intervened in a match to check out the local wine to match the rule, which collapsed several times the excess of alcohol, and the expulsion of three players without any good reason.



The Karel Dusík, an official at the club Asturabi Lotta for a local newspaper, that the sentence (drunk) did not hide his participation in a gala birthday people before his match,and that he was smelling of beer (wine).



During the match, stained shirt rule Theuamas Vedra mud after falling several times on the ground, and the expulsion of three players from the team in its match against AsturabiTinetth nad Labem.



Despite the expulsion Asturabi decided to continue the game with eight players, but onlyjust attack without defense, and Dusik said that if his team refused to continue to presentto the death, surprisingly, there is no law prevents the government from the leadership ofthe game is screwed.



However, the competent local authority decided to cancel the football match which ended1-1 at the basis of the outcome of sporting spirit.



And faces, which were very high percentage of alcohol in his body when reviewed by the police, the death of up to prevent him from arbitration in the games for a year.


Source: French

Dutch Ashq to Egypt alive and dead

Luxor tourist destination and a tourist attraction in Egypt (European - Archive)

Over twenty years maintained a Dutch citizen to visit the city of Luxor approximately every two months, and when the hair approaches the home chose him to embrace his body.

Has always been the Kwando Phuket (72 years) is due to visit Egypt keen that he can notbear parting her family more than two months, and he was in Luxor that he has a family, a family, waiting Welcome and happy existence among them.

Once the hair near the end of Phuket, the so-term quick return to Luxor whererecommending buried where he died at his home west of Luxor on Sunday, and has his wife Dennett and his friends to complete the procedures buried in the tombs of the city'stourist Commonwealth.

The wife said she would remain in her husband's house west of Luxor throughout her life,and it is recommended to bury him on the soil of the land of Luxor beloved by as much aslove her husband.


Source: German

Hamas to Israel: Editors red line

Mahmoud Zahar, resistance is able to respond as quickly to the threats of Israel (the island- Archive)

Warned a member of the Political Bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) Mahmoud Zahar, Tel Aviv prejudice to the prisoners exchange deal editors.

And vowed - in remarks to reporters in Gaza - that "the resistance factions are able to respond as quickly and by appropriate means" in the case of any prejudice to the IsraeliPalestinian prisoners.

Zahar played down the importance of Israeli threats to target prisoners of editors in the exchange deal, considering that these threats come in the context of minimizing the loss oflarge occupation suffered by the high price paid for free soldier Gilad Shalit.

He added that these threats also reveal the size of bankruptcies experienced by the achievements of the occupation to the Palestinian resistance, which forced him to sign thedeal, according to its terms.

Zahar ruled out any military escalation against Israel to the Gaza Strip, the next phase, warning that any escalation "would face strong reactions from the Arab region as a whole, led by Egypt."

Cairo was recently sponsored the first phase of the prisoner exchange deal between Hamas and Israel to ensure the release of Shalit in exchange for Palestinian prisoners1027.

Source: DBA + and agency, the Middle East

Referred 67 of the State Security Court in Egypt

Forty of the defendants have precedents (Al Jazeera)
And approved by the Egyptian Public Prosecutor Counselor Abdel Meguid Mahmoud referred 76 people to the Supreme State Security Court on charges related to an emergency attack on the Saudi Embassy in Cairo and the Giza Security Directorate nearby.
The news agency said the Middle East, he said a former police officer accused of living abroad named Omar Afifi, although the charge against him is the incitement to violence, which was sent to the Saudi embassy and the Giza Security Directorate.
On several occasions called for a page on Facebook under the name Omar Afifi protesters attacked military bases and government buildings in Egyptian cities.
Attributed to the prosecution and the other defendants in the case of interest to all assembly and the use of force and violence with public officials and the infringement of the officers and members of the police and try to occupy the Giza Security Directorate building by force and destruction of public property and the deliberate destruction of private funds to implement what it called a terrorist purpose.
The agency said it turned out that among the 40 indicted defendants have precedents in the indictment and criminal cases registered by the threat to the existence of three accused of events.
CaseAnd the demolition of hundreds of angry protesters on 9 September / September before the wall was a prestigious apartment building overlooking the Cairo Nile includes the Israeli embassy and broke into an apartment belonging to the Embassy of the papers and threw them in the air.
Later, protesters tried to storm the Saudi embassy nearby and they set fire to police cars near the Giza Security Directorate.
And killed three people were shot dead in clashes between protesters and troops from the civilian police and military police.
And killed dozens of people and wounded hundreds of others in the work of political and sectarian violence since the overthrow of former President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak in a popular uprising last February after a 30-year rule.
And the courts of the Supreme State Security Emergency courts are the exceptional work of the emergency law which demands that Egyptian activists and politicians to stop work.


Source:  Reuters

Chicago sit-in arrests and resolution of Sydney

Semi-permanent clashes between police and supporters of the demonstrations, "occupied the Wall Street" (Reuters - Archive)


Police said the American in Chicago they had arrested about 130 protesters, belonging to the movement of "occupied the Chicago" after went to a garden city, in solidarity with the movement of "occupied Wall Street," as police broke up a camp set up by the Australiananti-capitalist activists in the city of Sydney, Australia.


Explain Robert Perez of the city's police, that about 1,500 demonstrators gathered in the garden of Grant Park, which was summoned by the police to warn them and notify them to leave the place or being arrested for violating a resolution setting a date for closure ofmunicipal park in the eleventh hour.


The response of most of the demonstrators with police instructions, but a small groupdecided to stay They were arrested.

Peres said "I did not get a big problem, have cooperated most of the demonstrators who were arrested."


In parallel, the Australian police early Sunday dispersed camp set up by anti-capitalistactivists near the Central Bank of Australia in Sydney.


And occupies the activists of the "occupied the Wall Street" since 17 September /September Square in the financial district in New York, to condemn the excessescommitted by the economists of the world and growing inequality.


Source: French

Hundreds of deaths and new shocks Turkey

Earthquake inflicted hundreds of casualties and missing persons (French)

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan that he had confirmed the deaths of at least 93 people in the heart of the city and 45 in the Arges by the earthquake that struck south-east Turkey. The new aftershocks struck the region, including one of 5.1 magnitude.
This brings the death toll was officially declared them to 138 people, with an injury between 500 and 600 in addition to nearly 400 missing in the rubble.
In the meantime, its aftershocks hit 5.1 degrees Turkey on Sunday night, hours after the powerful earthquake that left hundreds dead and wounded.
The earthquake struck southeastern Turkey late Sunday, hours after the exposure of Erges town, 100 km north of the earthquake magnitude of 7.2 on the Richter scale and caused the collapse of many buildings and killing or wounding hundreds of others.
The U.S. Geological Survey that the center of the aftershock located 20 km to the west of the north-west of the city at a depth of 9.6 kilometers.
Researchers also recorded in the geological sciences in Germany a number of aftershocks of the violent earthquake.
Said seismologist Gottfried Berger Lore from the center of the German city of Potsdam Geological Research "detected through a network of six German seismic aftershocks reached 4.5 degrees of strength and one measuring 5.6 degrees in addition to one magnitude 6 on the Richter scale."
Laure said that it expected other earthquakes in Turkey, "All comes after a major earthquake aftershocks, and the disciples to not shake or two, but thousands of tremors, and this will continue for a long time."
The earthquake that struck eastern Turkey strongly more than 7 on the Richter scale caused the collapse of many apartment buildings and office buildings. The observatory is expected earthquakes in Istanbul that the number of victims of the earthquake death toll to more than a thousand people.

Refused to helpMeanwhile, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Sunday that Ankara rejected the offer of assistance provided by Israel after the earthquake in south-eastern Turkey.
He also held Israeli President Shimon Peres, a telephone conversation with his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul during which the killing of citizens condolences Turks violent earthquake.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry official said that his country had not yet asked for international help after a powerful earthquake that occurred in southeastern Turkey on Sunday.
The official said that Turkey had received offers of help from dozens of countries, including Israel, and has failed so far to accept help from all of them.
The Israeli-Turkish relations very tense in the wake of Israel's refusal to apologize to Turkey for killing nine militants Turks and injuring dozens of others to intercept the Freedom Flotilla Turkey to break the siege on Gaza in May / May last year, and Turkey responded by reducing the level of diplomatic representation between the two countries.
Turkey was the first countries that provided aid to Israel to extinguish a massive fire broke out in the jungles of the Caramel Mountains near Haifa in December / January after it was discovered that Israel does not have the capacity to put out the fire, which prompted many countries to provide aid. Several years ago Israel provided aid to Turkey following the earthquake.
Meanwhile, U.S. President Barack Obama said the United States following the news of earthquake in Turkey with great concern and is ready to provide assistance, Obama said in a written statement "stand shoulder to shoulder with our ally Turkey at this difficult time and are ready to assist the Turkish authorities."

Source: Agencies

Dead in Yemen and for attacking the "common"

Killed five demonstrators in the Yemeni capital of Sana'a and Hodeidah shot by troopsloyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh, at the time attacked the Yemeni President, JMP, accusing them of trying to blow up the situation militarily.

And killed four demonstrators in my neighborhood, measles, Soufan in the capital Sanaa, as reported by Al Jazeera reporter killed one person and wounding others shot dead bytroops loyal to the president in the western province of Hodeidah Yemen.

New fighting erupted Sunday in the neighborhood of Soufan at Clock Tower south-eastdistrict of measles in addition to the northern district of measles in the same area between the Interior Ministry building and the house of tribal leader Sheikh Sadeq rally red.

Explosions were heard fired central district of measles, which testifies months agosporadic battles between forces loyal to the benefit and the armed opposition followers of Sheikh Red. And clashed with machine guns and medium, as residents and witnesses said.

On the other hand came out the opposition demonstration in Sanaa, the change started from the yard and passed in the street and Zubairy Street, a huge business, providing a file called President Saleh to the International Criminal Court, and trial with the murderers of peaceful demonstrators. Protesters vowed to escalate until the achievement of the objectives of the peaceful revolution in full.
The demonstrators being subjected to sniper, medical sources said that the sniper killing an elderly man and semi-blind was not involved in the demonstration, also resulted in the injury of five demonstrators were injured and six civilian bystanders in the street a huge, including a woman was hit in the head and put it wrong.
On the other hand, military sources said that three soldiers of the dissident forces in the First Armored Division led by Major General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, were shot by snipers in the area round of Kentucky.
In turn, confirmed the security forces loyal they regained control of the buildings Water Corporation and Rural Electrification and the Shura Council, which took Eilha gunmen loyal to the family of the Red earlier, as reported by a security source told the French press.
And escalated the face of nine months between Saleh and opposition, which includes diverse spectrum of students, tribal elders and splinter factions of the army in the past few weeks after it had been relatively quiet for three months.
Deal positivelyOn the other hand an official source in the government of Yemen government's willingness to deal positively with the UN Security Council resolution.
Quoted Yemen News Agency (SABA) for the source to say that the decision was consistent with the efforts of the Yemeni government to develop a solution to the political crisis on the initiative of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
The source pointed out that the General People's Congress and National Democratic Alliance parties are ready to continue the dialogue immediately with the JMP output to Yemen from the political crisis.
In turn, welcomed the Arab League in a statement on the decision, and called for the initiative to accelerate the signing of the Gulf and to allow their application.
The Security Council adopted a resolution Friday calling for it to agree to a peaceful transfer of power to end months of bloody stalemate between the government and civilian pro-democracy demonstrators.

Charges to the subscriber
In the context accused Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Sunday JMP opposition of trying to blow up the situation militarily.

According to the official Yemeni news agency that Saleh held a meeting with leaders of themilitary and security, the participants agreed on a joint charge blew up a military position in the framework of "the evil that is being plotted against the homeland and its unity, security and stability" as quoted by the agency.

The parties accused the participants shared that they pay in the direction of exacerbatingthe crisis and the failure to comply with efforts to calm the situation and solve problemsthrough dialogue, understanding and reconciliation.


Source: Al Jazeera + and agencies

Fears of a sectarian vote in Egypt

Highlights the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies in a paper estimating the position of modern obtained Jazeera Net a copy, light on the legislative elections to be held next month in Egypt, and highlights the bets and their implications for the major as the developments sought by the country since the overthrow of its president Mohammad Hosni Mubarak.

The Unit for Policy Analysis Center, which prepared a paper to the call for the organization of legislative elections in Egypt in November 28 next comes amid congestion of political and social sharply revealed a state of restlessness popular and protests in various parts of the country after a prolonged transition period there has been no progress on the the level of a number of vital files.


The paper stressed that what happened late Monday, October 10 / October is the peak of tension, when the protest turned into a pause for a peaceful Coptic demonstrators into clashes that killed 25 people and injuring hundreds, according to the Ministry of Health.

The incident revealed the extent of deterioration in the management of the transitional period as a whole, and reiterated the need to expedite the transfer of power to an elected civilian administration.
The paper argues that large segments of the Egyptian national community is counting on legislative elections as an outlet for political congestion witnessed the street, which has been since the revolution of January 25 one of the most important actors in the Egyptian political scene.

Constituent assemblyThe paper notes that this election major derives its importance from being a legislative Council will come, the basic functions of the Constituent Assembly election than a hundred member to write a new constitution for the country.
The Constituent Assembly shall prepare a draft new constitution for the country no later than six months from the date of its formation, and presents the project, within 15 days of preparation to the people for a referendum on it, and works by the Constitution from the date of approval by the people in the referendum. "

Turning paper the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which is now - according to the Constitutional Declaration issued on February 13, 2011 - the political establishment first holds the real power in the country, and lead the political process in the transitional phase after the receipt of my forelock legislation and implementation.
In fact, the way the performance of the military establishment of the transition and the process of democratic transformation of the occupied area of ​​significant public debate in Egypt in the eight months that the army took power.
Has dominated the debate doubts and questions about the real goals of the army and orientations toward the democratization process and the degree of support for the demands of the revolution in change, in particular its performance and its response to the demands of the revolution marked by what is described as a "pattern rollup" and not revolutionary, a pattern based on the reform of some of the disadvantages of the former regime and not to adopt new standards.
Encountered several parties of the elite criticism of the army, and accused him of re-production of the old system without Mubarak.
The criticism touched the political performance of the military and lead at decision-making and be shown in an authoritarian approach in the use of legislative powers by issuing a series of decrees, such as the criminalization of strikes and peaceful assembly and re-work of the emergency law.
The most recent election laws, which came on the national consensus opposed the election system, the need to adopt the closed list only, while the insisted the junta to grant a two-thirds of the list of closed and one-third of the individual election system.

This has raised considerable debate with a broad sector of the elite considered that the Council does not seek to produce only a weak fragmented parliament will not be able to issue the necessary legislation to accomplish the process of democratic transition, control and accountability of the military junta itself.

"The worst of the alternatives"And fear the paper in the context of analysis and autopsy of the political situation in Egypt that the proposed system and a package of laws and legislation adopted is the "worst of the alternatives" - Observers agree that - because it takes from the two individual election and election list Aaoppema together.
Has contributed to the return of elements of the National Party dissolved realm are the rules of the game the election for a period of three decades of investment of capital electoral partisanship and bullying to resolve the results to their advantage, in particular that "the law of political corruption," approved by the government decides insulation only to those who show him a charge to corrupt political life, which requires court ruling, which may be long in light of current conditions.
On the other hand, the menu system is effective in a case of parties that are in the process of being established first. Thus, instead of the competition programs and political visions dominate individual interests.
The other thing most important is the fact that the law governing the electoral process had overlooked the controls regulating some of the most important issues related to integrity and transparency of the electoral process, including - for example - with regard to electoral funding and the need to put a ceiling on election spending.
"Quota" of CoptsThe paper noted that the position estimate sectarian hardening factor and its role in the upcoming elections, especially that one of the most prominent Coptic demands of the demonstrators in front of Maspero was the identification of a "quota" of the Copts in parliamentary elections.
In fact, there are serious concerns that the result of sectarian tension in the country to influence the decision of voters to vote or sectarian in some circles, especially with the emergence of groups with strong religious extremist trends.
It is clear that the proportion of seats allocated to a category, if the fact did not lead to the abolition of societal discrimination against them, it will help to weaken the distinction, especially if enacted laws criminalizing discrimination and punish him severely.
It may be important to ask the parties that there should be a strong and fair representation of women and Copts and young people on their lists, otherwise it will be nominal or symbolic representation.
The paper argues that qualitative and equitable representation of citizens, including the Copts in the lists of parties and political forces is the most important sections in which they can break the sectarian tension to a large extent.

The first elections
So on November 28 Egyptian citizens to vote in the first legislative elections after the revolution, under full judicial supervision and a mixed electoral system and the central state of security and community stability.

He said the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies in a paper assessing the situation, the challenges facing the voting process many, but the biggest challenge is how to deal with the traditions of electoral established during more than six decades - at least -and turned the election process of the competition for programs and ideas to thecompetition between individuals Her family and traditional influence, money and the ability to crowd.

The efforts should be directed in the direction that the election is the first step in building a solid second Egyptian republic, a democratic republic.


Source: Al Jazeera

Three outlets to save the euro area

Wrote an economic advisor to the French government Jean Pisans Ferry said that the Greek debt crisis deepens concern of the disintegration of the euro area, and noted in his article published by Project Syndicate that there are three indicators to support these concerns.

He opined that the first signs is that European financial institutions that have good financialstatus are preferred - since July last - the deposit of funds in the European Central Bankinstead of lending to commercial banks, a situation similar to what happened in the crisis of 2007-2008.

He stressed that there are good reasons for concern, although banks in the United Statesand Europe, some still lends the other.

The second indicator is the fact that the interest rates charged by banks on the fundsprovided by the borrowers in the countries of Southern Europe is higher than in their counterparts in the north of the continent, which deepens the crisis and complicate crisis economies and increases in the fragmentation of the European market, which is supposed to be uniform.

Rather than fight this trend, the financial supervisory authorities and banking in the north ofEurope promotes this phenomenon by seeking to reduce the exposure of financial institutions to banks in the south of the continent.
The third indicator highlights that international investors are no longer look to government bonds in the countries of southern Europe with the same confidence that they work with government bonds in the north of the continent.
This trend reflects the size of the risk involved in investing in southern European bonds, and represents a fundamental shift in investor mood. If this pattern continues, lending to the countries of southern Europe, the financial solvency of the economies of these countries and their ability to recover will suffer.
He said economic adviser to the euro zone officials, the decision to repair the control of governments, banks and increasing the capital of the European Financial Stability Fund, an important move, but half a step. If the decision was important as the fire caught the crisis, the central issue lies in the need to build a monetary union more stringent and durability.
He pointed out that Alchti growing in the body of the euro area due to the basic "Interdependence" between the banks and governments. Banks under threat of sovereign debt crises, because they have a huge amount of bonds, their governments, governments vulnerable to banking crises because these governments are responsible for saving national financial institutions. Each chapter of the current crisis reflects the dilemma caused by this "interdependence."
Three exitsOn the other hand the article highlighted the three possible outcomes to this situation. The first depends on the interference of the central bank to contain any threat to the sovereign debt market. The budget of the British government from the budget of the worst Spanish counterpart, but the ability of the Bank of England to prevent speculation on the debt of the United Kingdom is enough to reassure investors.
The European Central Bank, which belong to Spain, he had no such authority, and when he tried to do this role with Italy and Spain, was met with strong opposition at home. The European Financial Stability Fund which was established recently could play this role, but the margin of his movement is limited, because the grant of this power would raise opposition to Germany at least for constitutional reasons.
The second exit is to strengthen banks by increasing their capital and the removal of"organizational walls" that isolate the European national banks from each other in order to reduce their exposure to risk bankruptcy under the weight of sovereign debt.

And do this step will support the euro area, but European leaders do not have enough courage to adopted with such a plan in full, and this issue will become clearer when thedetails of the program reveals increased capital of banks.

The third director is to reduce the sovereign risk through the establishment of a monitoring system and mutual guarantees between the countries of the euro area.

This procedure could be tantamount to a consortium, may be authorized to issue "bondseuros." This option is considered a politically very difficult for States and the States fosterguaranteed, but it may be the practice of these exits.

Ferry and concluded that these vents complement each other in part. Even if it did not adopt only one of them, it is still a positive step.

But in the end, remains a challenge for the European continent is the ability to say and do what renews its credibility in the eyes of the market that provides them with loans andfinancial life reasons.


Source: Project Syndicate

Demonstrations in Morocco, a rejection of the elections

Demands of the demonstrators do not differ from the demonstration to another (French - Archive)
Thousands of people demonstrated in several cities in Morocco Sunday, calling for a boycott of parliamentary elections that take place early next month and will be an important outcome for the future of the reforms proposed by King Mohammed VI.
In the latest protests in a series of peaceful demonstrations organized by the opposition Movement February 20, a Reuters reporter said he saw in the capital Rabat, dozens of riot police equipped with batons and kicking hit protesters gathered in front of the parliament building in the end of a march of about 3,000 people.
A local official team in Casablanca that about 8000 people took part in a similar protest there, and many thousands participated in protests in other cities including Fez and Tangier.
The activist in the movement of the local committee for February 20 in Rabat, Omar satisfied that the protests organized in all parts of Morocco to the call for a boycott of parliamentary elections in November 25 next.
"The elections will be up to power the same people who plunder for years a wealth of Morocco and the Moroccan people are holding the future hostage," as he put it.
Slogans and bannersThe protesters chanted in Rabat, saying that "the election charade" and that he will not be deceived this time, as the credibility of these elections will be awarded to non-democratic regime.
Read a banner carried by protesters "should be a separation between money and power", at a time when many waved pictures of the body of Muammar Qaddafi wrote underneath "This is what happens to tyrants." He joined hundreds of protesters to those of graduates unemployed for the first time this week.
He promised to King Mohammed VI, in the words he delivered at the recent elections to be fair and transparent.
For his part, criticized the Justice and Development Party, a main opposition party, the laws that have been approved recently for the elections as doing little to prevent vote buying.
Under reforms approved in a referendum last July the King of Morocco will hand over some of the authorities to elected officials, but will retain the definitive opinion on strategic decisions.
In March / March promised Mohammed VI (48 years), in swift response to the protests inspired by the revolutions of Tunisia and Egypt, to reduce his powers through amendments to the Constitution, was brought forward after the parliamentary elections that were scheduled to take place in September / September 2012.

 Source: Agencies