EGYPT :THE RISE OF ISLAMISTS AND THE FEAR THEREOF!
January 12th 2012 11:14
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THE EGYPTIAN MILITARY IS STILL THE MASTER.IT IS RUMORED THAT THE JUNTA HAVE HAD A FIRM BACKROOM-DEAL WITH THE ISLAMIST BLOC OF MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD THAT GOT AROUND 40 PERCENT SEATS IN THE PARLIAMENT.THE LIBERALS,THE YOUNG AND THE BOLD GENERATION THAT WERE THE PRIME MOVERS-N-SHAKERS BEHIND THE EGYPTIAN BRANCH OF THE ARAB-SPRING THAT ERUPTED LAST FEBRUARY IN CAIRO AT THE IMMORTALISED TAHRIR-SQUARE,GOT LITTLE!THE WIND THAT BLOWS IN EGYPT IS RIFE WITH SUSPICION AND SPECULATION AS THE GAINS ACQUIRED BY THE ISLAMIST PARTIES MIGHT DILUTE THE VERY CORE OF A DEMOCRATIC-GOVERNANCE :THE LIBERALISM PLUS THE PLURALISM!
IN LATE NOVEMBER THE SECOND REVOLUTION AT TAHRIR-SQUARE PUT THE JUNTA IN A FIX AND HAD DRAWN WORLDWIDE-CONDEMNATION OF THE MISRULE AND DELAY OF THE ARMY!
EGYPT WITNESSED THE PARTIAL SUCCESS PROPELLED BY THE ARAB-SPRING WHEN IT HAD COMPELLED THE DICTATOR (HOSNI-MUBARAK) WHO RULED AROUND 3 DECADES,TO CEDE POWER AND PUT ON TRIAL FOR HIS ROLE IN KILLING MORE THAN 800 PEOPLE DURING THE FIRST WAVE OF PROTESTS AT TAHRIR-SQUARE LAST FEBRUARY.
THE DETHRONEMENT OF MUBARAK WAS A RARE ACHIEVEMENT,YET,IT WAS MERELY A BEGINNING THAT PREPARED A SPACE TO MARCH TOWARDS THE DEMOCRATISATION THROUGH FREE AND FAIR PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS.
AFTER MUBARAK,THE EGYPTIAN CENTRE OF POWER WENT INTO THE FORMIDABLE PLUS CORRUPT HANDS OF THE ARMY/MILITARY AND EGYPT IS CURRENTLY BEING RULED BY THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF ARMED FORCES (SCAF).THE MILITARY SIDED WITH THE YOUNG REVOLUTIONARIES IN THE BEGINNING AND THUS IT HAD HELPED IN THE OVERTHROW OF MUBARAK.
AS THE MILITARY CAME IN POWER,THE REAL FACE OF IT BECAME CLEARER AND THAT WAS VERY SCARRY :IT PROVED ANOTHER HOSNI-MUBARAK,RATHER WORSE-OFF.IT KEPT DELAYING REFORMS AND HOLDING OF ELECTIONS,STARTED TO PERSECUTE THOSE WHO OPINED OTHER VIEWS THAN ITS FRAME OF PLANS.
UNDER SUCH DESPAIR,THE TONE OF DEMAND FOR AN EARLY ELECTION,THE TRANSFER OF POWER TO THE CIVILIAN-GOVERNMENT AND 'GO BACK TO YOUR BARRACKS' ,BECAME SHRILLER AND SHRILLER.THE ARMY REMAINED UNMOVED.SO CAME THE SECOND REVOLUTION AT TAHRIR-SQUARE!AFTER A WEEK OF PROTESTS,THE JUNTA VAGUELY OUTLINED THE FUTURE COURSE FOR EGYPT AND ITS PARTICIPATION.PITCH OF PROTESTS DIED DOWN.AN ELECTION ENSUED AMID BYCOTT BY THE TRUE FACES OF THE REVOLUTION:THE YOUNG AND THE BEAUTIFUL GENERATION!TWO ROUNDS OF ELECTION COMPLETED.THE RESULTANT COMPOSITION OF THE EGYPTIAN PARLIAMENT THROWS A SOMEWHAT SCARRY,SUSPICIOUS AND SHACKLED PICTURE!
THE MAJORITY OF SEATS WON BY THE ISLAMISTS:THE MORE RADICAL GROUP(THE SALAFIS)AND THE MODERATE AND POLITICALLY EXPERIENCED MUSLIM-BROTHERHOOD.THE LIBERALS PLUS THE SECULARS WHO WERE THE MAIN DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE PROTESTS,GOT VERY LITTLE.
HERE LIES THE CAVEAT :IS EGYPT GOING A SHARIA-REPUBLIC?IS THIS THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF ITS SECULAR TRADITIONS?DOES THE LIBERAL-VOICE GET A DEVASTATING BLOW ?
A LITTLE MORE WAITING WILL YIELD A CLEAR PICTURE.
IN LATE NOVEMBER THE SECOND REVOLUTION AT TAHRIR-SQUARE PUT THE JUNTA IN A FIX AND HAD DRAWN WORLDWIDE-CONDEMNATION OF THE MISRULE AND DELAY OF THE ARMY!
EGYPT WITNESSED THE PARTIAL SUCCESS PROPELLED BY THE ARAB-SPRING WHEN IT HAD COMPELLED THE DICTATOR (HOSNI-MUBARAK) WHO RULED AROUND 3 DECADES,TO CEDE POWER AND PUT ON TRIAL FOR HIS ROLE IN KILLING MORE THAN 800 PEOPLE DURING THE FIRST WAVE OF PROTESTS AT TAHRIR-SQUARE LAST FEBRUARY.
THE DETHRONEMENT OF MUBARAK WAS A RARE ACHIEVEMENT,YET,IT WAS MERELY A BEGINNING THAT PREPARED A SPACE TO MARCH TOWARDS THE DEMOCRATISATION THROUGH FREE AND FAIR PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS.
AFTER MUBARAK,THE EGYPTIAN CENTRE OF POWER WENT INTO THE FORMIDABLE PLUS CORRUPT HANDS OF THE ARMY/MILITARY AND EGYPT IS CURRENTLY BEING RULED BY THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF ARMED FORCES (SCAF).THE MILITARY SIDED WITH THE YOUNG REVOLUTIONARIES IN THE BEGINNING AND THUS IT HAD HELPED IN THE OVERTHROW OF MUBARAK.
AS THE MILITARY CAME IN POWER,THE REAL FACE OF IT BECAME CLEARER AND THAT WAS VERY SCARRY :IT PROVED ANOTHER HOSNI-MUBARAK,RATHER WORSE-OFF.IT KEPT DELAYING REFORMS AND HOLDING OF ELECTIONS,STARTED TO PERSECUTE THOSE WHO OPINED OTHER VIEWS THAN ITS FRAME OF PLANS.
UNDER SUCH DESPAIR,THE TONE OF DEMAND FOR AN EARLY ELECTION,THE TRANSFER OF POWER TO THE CIVILIAN-GOVERNMENT AND 'GO BACK TO YOUR BARRACKS' ,BECAME SHRILLER AND SHRILLER.THE ARMY REMAINED UNMOVED.SO CAME THE SECOND REVOLUTION AT TAHRIR-SQUARE!AFTER A WEEK OF PROTESTS,THE JUNTA VAGUELY OUTLINED THE FUTURE COURSE FOR EGYPT AND ITS PARTICIPATION.PITCH OF PROTESTS DIED DOWN.AN ELECTION ENSUED AMID BYCOTT BY THE TRUE FACES OF THE REVOLUTION:THE YOUNG AND THE BEAUTIFUL GENERATION!TWO ROUNDS OF ELECTION COMPLETED.THE RESULTANT COMPOSITION OF THE EGYPTIAN PARLIAMENT THROWS A SOMEWHAT SCARRY,SUSPICIOUS AND SHACKLED PICTURE!
THE MAJORITY OF SEATS WON BY THE ISLAMISTS:THE MORE RADICAL GROUP(THE SALAFIS)AND THE MODERATE AND POLITICALLY EXPERIENCED MUSLIM-BROTHERHOOD.THE LIBERALS PLUS THE SECULARS WHO WERE THE MAIN DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE PROTESTS,GOT VERY LITTLE.
HERE LIES THE CAVEAT :IS EGYPT GOING A SHARIA-REPUBLIC?IS THIS THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF ITS SECULAR TRADITIONS?DOES THE LIBERAL-VOICE GET A DEVASTATING BLOW ?
A LITTLE MORE WAITING WILL YIELD A CLEAR PICTURE.
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