Epyp['s Dictatorship Grants Self More Power

I saw this in the NYTimes yesterday.

Egypt to Vote on Expanding Powers of the Presidency
By MICHAEL SLACKMAN

Published: March 25, 2007

CAIRO, March 24 — Egyptian officials are hoping to add powers to the Constitution that would allow the president to more easily dissolve Parliament and give him free rein to suspend civil liberties and imprison anyone deemed a terrorist threat.

And it reminded me of this.

Bush Grants Self Permission To Grant More Power To Self

August 1, 2006 | Issue 42•31

WASHINGTON, DC—In a decisive 1–0 decision Monday, President Bush voted to grant the president the constitutional power to grant himself additional powers.

"As president, I strongly believe that my first duty as president is to support and serve the president," Bush said during a televised address from the East Room of the White House shortly after signing his executive order. "I promise the American people that I will not abuse this new power, unless it becomes necessary to grant myself the power to do so at a later time."

Egypt's dictatorship will rcceive $1.8 billion this year from the U.S.