Victor Popa, member of the Constitutional Court of Moldova, held a meeting with journalists on Friday to officially state that the Moldovan Parliament leaders are sorry about what happened on Thursday.

After the Parliament Ombudsman Aurelia Grigoriu returns to Moldova, the issue of her right to make certain statements will be discussed in the Parliament of Moldova.

“That was an extremely bad incident. The people present there had no authority to make such a statement. I talked to our parliament leaders yesterday and I am authorized to state we are worry about the incident. Our delegation leaders promise to settle the issue,” he said.

Mr Popa also talked to Ms Grigoriu, who explained that she has been given the topic.

“She must have been given the topic because our country has the same problem. However, her topic was not on the conference agenda,” Popa said.

If any speaker at the conference voices his or her personal opinion, the speaker must clearly tell it to the conference. Otherwise, the speaker turns out to be speaking in behalf of the organization he represents.

“I do not know who authorized the Ombudsman. That must have been her personal opinion,” Popa said.

At the pan-European Conference on The European Legal Standards of Rule of Law and the Scope of Discretion of Powers in the Member-States of the Council of Europe in Armenia’s Parliament, Aurelia Grigoriu delivered a report on Human Rights Protection in Frozen Conflicts Zones. She particularly stated that Armenia had occupied 20% of Azerbaijan’s territory and committed Azerbaijani genocide. She also called Armenia “an aggressor.”

July 05, 2013 | 15:22

By: Sibel Edmonds is the Publisher & Editor of Boiling Frogs Post

I hereby declare, on oath, that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic”- Naturalization Oath of Allegiance to the USA.

During this celebratory holiday please take a few minutes to read our Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, and US Citizenship-Office Oath. Please do it.

You will not find the word ‘Flag.’

You will not see the word ‘Borders.’

You will not see the words ‘National Security.’

What you will see is the word ‘Constitution.’

What you will find is the obligation to defend, not the ‘flag,’  ‘borders’ or ‘government’, but the United States Constitution, and defend it against foreign and domestic enemies.

The shalwar-wearing bearded men holding rakes and pitchforks in caves have never been and will never be a threat to our Constitution.

The terrorists from south of the border will never present any danger to our Constitution.

The made-to-be-enemy dictators of foreign nations across the ocean have never and will never be able to touch our Constitution.

When it comes down to it there has never been a clear and present danger to our Constitution from any foreign entity or power. I suspect there never will be. No bomb attack, no pitchfork, no fatwa or jihad can even come close to destroying the United States Constitution.

The only enemies that have ever targeted our Constitution, the only entities that have ever launched an assault against our freedom, the only institution capable of destroying our Bill of Rights, the only power that has done so, and has been doing so, and if left untouched and unchallenged will continue to do so until nothing is left of the Constitution entrusted to us by our founding fathers, are the domestic enemies among us, or more accurately, ‘above’ us from where they rule.

My dear friends, I don’t intend to spoil your festivities and celebration. I want you to go ahead and enjoy that cold beer, those hot dogs, and the fireworks. All I’m asking of you is this: when the time comes for the dessert, while you are slicing that white sheet cake with the red and blue depicting the stars and stripes, think about the irony of it and how our domestic enemies have been slicing up and tearing apart the one thing that represents being an American – Our Constitution. Happy Independence Day.

“That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness… when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security…”– Declaration of Independence, July 1776

Sibel Edmonds is the Publisher & Editor of Boiling Frogs Post and the author of the Memoir Classified Woman: The Sibel Edmonds Story. She is the recipient of the 2006 PEN Newman’s Own First Amendment Award for her “commitment to preserving the free flow of information in the United States in a time of growing international isolation and increasing government secrecy” Ms. Edmonds has a MA in Public Policy and International Commerce from George Mason University, a BA in Criminal Justice and Psychology from George Washington University. – See more at: http://www.boilingfrogspost.com/2013/07/04/a-few-minutes-of-reflection-this-4th-of-july/#more-21901

Adly Mansour, Egypt’s new interim president, swore the oath of office in front of Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court on Thursday morning, formalizing a whirlwind insurrection that brought millions of Egyptians onto the streets and overturned an Islamist president that only days ago had seemed immutable, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Mr. Mansour swore his oath hours after Egyptian security forces moved briskly to arrest and detain hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood leaders—the powerful Islamist organization that has dominated Egyptian elections over the past two years.

Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s ousted president, was reportedly in police custody on Thursday morning after he refused to step down from his post on the orders of Gen. Abdel Fattah Al Sisi on Wednesday night.
Mansour took two oaths on Thursday morning: The first made him chief justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court and the second elevated him to the presidency.
Mr Mansour has been the head of Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court since Monday, but the court’s own swearing-in ceremony was delayed for several days due to massive street protests against Mr. Morsi’s rule.

The leader of Egypt’s military ousted Mr. Morsi from office and replaced him with Mr. Mansour late Wednesday evening. The presidential palace immediately branded the move a “complete military coup.”
The announcements capped days of political crisis that brought millions of Egyptians out to the country’s streets, spurring bellicose rhetoric from Mr. Morsi’s backers and Egypt’s military, and sparking deadly violence. Ten people were killed and 481 injured in clashes around the country on Wednesday, the health ministry said.
Two years after the biggest tremor of the Arab Spring ousted Hosni Mubarak, and a year after his elected replacement took office, Egyptian streets again thronged with protesters calling for the removal of a despot, the stark divides between their celebration and anger suggesting a new period of political uncertainty lies ahead.

Egypt’s acting attorney general on Thursday issued arrest warrants for Muslim Brotherhood supreme leader Mohamed Badie and his deputy Khairat al Shater on charges of inciting the killing of protesters, according to MENA, the state news agency.
The two are wanted on charges of inciting the killing of eight protesters in front of the Muslim Brotherhood’s headquarters in Cairo. The prosecutor’s decision came after eyewitnesses in the neighborhood said they were able to testify against the Brotherhood leaders, according to MENA.
The military overthrow poses a new challenge for Washington. The US has a deep relationship with Egypt’s military, which is budgeted to receive some $1.3 billion in US aid this year. But congressional legislation demands the US suspend assistance to allied militaries that are certified as having overthrown democratically elected governments.
Two powerful US senators on a visit with troops in Afghanistan on Thursday affirmed that continued assistance from Washington would hinge on a swift restoration of civilian rule.

“We view with great concern the events that are taking place in Egypt,” said Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.). “I believe that the defense minister and the military have to show us and the world that they are making a rapid transition back to democracy. And that will be, I think, the indicator to the level of support that we would provide to Egypt.”
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.), who serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee, said the Egyptian military had to abide by the rule of law as a condition of aid.

“If the democratically elected government is overthrown by the military, you would suspend all assistance,” he said. “It looks like a coup, it sounds like a coup, but I’m in the camp with Sen. McCain: Let’s look and see how this unfolds.”