Egypt
may well be far off from democracy as we know it but democracy isn't
ideal anywhere and i do believe that if anything that vaguely
resembles it begins to bud in the Arab world it will
take on some other form and perhaps require another name.
Anyone in a
position of leadership in Egypt, would have huge problems at this point
in time albeit each cloaked with a different fabric. The greedy will
always surround those in power.
In an interview, link pasted below, Morsi speaks with conviction and with hindsight. One accusation is that he is led at times as all leaders are ~sometimes well but perhaps more often erroneously. Accepting a considered degree of fallibility leading to the present confusion would appear to his credit.
In an interview, link pasted below, Morsi speaks with conviction and with hindsight. One accusation is that he is led at times as all leaders are ~sometimes well but perhaps more often erroneously. Accepting a considered degree of fallibility leading to the present confusion would appear to his credit.
Analysis and criticism of the party in control of the country is definitely necessary if only in order to remain a
people awake, refusing to be duped yet again. However, continuous
derisory allegations and infamous mockery of a personal nature is in essence no more than 'wet sponge throwing'
at the head clamped in the frame.
The alternative to that would appear to
exist in praising Morsi and his efforts to the skies whilst at
present finding little to substantiate such praise. However, history may well note this sore, heart-stricken period as early days.
The
country has been impoverished through decades of severe debauchery and
instead of finding relief on some level there's anarchy on all levels. A certain amount of clamping down within the realms of the
law as Morsi puts it would therefore indeed appear to be fundamentally necessary. Any armed protest, intentions aside, can but constitute thuggery of a kind. A framework needs to be established within which laws can take effect and until such a time the nation teeters
on the edge of collapse and gears are frantically interchanged.
A
balance of power is what Egypt's people require. Cutting our nose to spite our face is probably not the answer. Turbulent
transition is where we are at and where we may well remain until such a
time as some basic order begins to emerge. The ruling power must devote itself to earning that respect rather than wish to be feared in the same way as Military Rule was not so long ago. If it is indeed open to discussion and arbitration that respect will gather momentum and we
may then find ourselves capable of negotiation and
begin to focus on electorial processes of a kind. Furthermore, we
cannot collect impetus for a more economically sound status until such a time. The quandary lies in a presiding theory that all negotiations are curtailed before being allowed to voice their perspectives; deplorable rampageous violence can only alienate the process even further.
Very
significantly in the first hour of the interview Morsi mentions problems
with the 'dakhleya', Ministry of Interior and how difficult that is to
resolve. The unspoken assumption is that he
must keep himself in favour with them whilst attempting to make the
changes necessary.
As for shaking hands with the Military, there is no other way for Egypt in today's climate even if it may soon become more obvious that the Military will always veer more covertly with the funding sources and if it means reinstating former government under a different guise in order for funding to continue, it will obsequiously do its utmost to influence the people in an attempt to bring down the present rule. There is where the power lies, not within any subsidiary party where backing is both flimsy and inane at this point in time.
As for shaking hands with the Military, there is no other way for Egypt in today's climate even if it may soon become more obvious that the Military will always veer more covertly with the funding sources and if it means reinstating former government under a different guise in order for funding to continue, it will obsequiously do its utmost to influence the people in an attempt to bring down the present rule. There is where the power lies, not within any subsidiary party where backing is both flimsy and inane at this point in time.
With so much
needing to be addressed, with brobdingnagian incompetence on all levels
we need to see the bigger picture and reserve derisory wet sponge
throwing entertainment or we may otherwise
find ourselves surrounded by that which lies beneath the surface,
lurking, waiting for a further and more violent collapse of country in
order to make its pounce.
link to interview in Arabic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ4wRz-8kvI&feature=youtu.be
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