Egypt’s military issues decree giving vast powers to armed forces, but few to president
• Washington PostEgypt’s military leaders issued a constitutional decree that gave the armed forces sweeping powers and degraded the presidency to a subservient role, as ballots in the presidential runoff showed the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate in the lead.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/18/world/middleeast/egyptian-presidential-vote-enters-second-day.html