The LDP will hold over his head the threat of a no-confidence motion should he break his promise.

ECONOMIST: An unusual militancy is creeping into mainstream politics

Faraone's son Osiride wants to keep the Israelites around and continue his clandestine love affair with the Israelite Elcia, so he urges Faraone to break his promise and ends up a casualty of the last plague, the Slaying of the First-Born.

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