Meanwhile, the South African government will probably find a way to spare those who confess to political crimes committed during the apartheid era from prosecution.

ECONOMIST: Rethinking reconciliation

Khairat al-Shater, a Muslim Brotherhood strongman, could be barred under a provision that bans ex-convicts from running for political office, even if they received pardons and were jailed for political crimes.

ECONOMIST: Rules tie Egypt��s politics in knots

This week it began to pass bills allowing for the creation of a new post of prime minister (to be filled by Mr Odinga), a law to work against tribalism, a panel to investigate the election, another to draft a new constitution, and a truth and justice commission to investigate political crimes, including a history of corruption ever since independence in 1963.

ECONOMIST: Time to break with a corrupt past