The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, a body of 19 generals that serves as a temporary executive branch, often seems bewildered by the demands besieging it.

由19名将军组成的武装力量最高委员会暂时行使行政职能。该委员会看起来经常受到不同要求的困扰。

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Some members of the Supreme Council of Armed Forces may also back him "because he might maintain the status quo, " Ashour said.

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