Thursday, November 24, 2011
إشاعات بقرب تنحي الرئيس مبارك تحت ضغط التحرير
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
HuffPost : SCAF Chief Is a Few Steps Behind Protesters' Demands
SCAF Chief Is a Few Steps Behind Protesters' Demands
As if they had not learned from a lesson they witnessed firsthand, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) of Egypt issued a communiqué which is way behind what protesters would accept. Tantawi, SCAF chief, came out on TV and instead of issuing a public apology to the families of thousands of protesters who were wounded or killed by police and military forces during the violent clashes of the past 4 days and nights, put the blame on some invisible "powers" conspiring against Egypt's best interests. Tantawi offered a compromise which might have been acceptable a few weeks ago -- that is to hand power over an elected president by June 2012, instead of some vague time in 2013 according to the original road map which SCAF had adopted based on a highly flawed road map which was mostly endorsed by the Muslim Brother back in March.
The plan of SCAF holding power for the next seven months was met by unanimous rejection from hundreds of thousands of protesters who gathered in Tahrir and other squares across the entire country. The reasons of such rejection are many. SCAF, which was cheered with the famous chant "The People and the Army are One Hand" back in January and February, lost trust and credibility as it slowly failed to meet its promises of protecting the revolution and handing over power to a civilian government in six months as it originally pledged. For months, revolutionaries watched in despair as their aspirations of democratic transformation were gradually crushed. Military trials of civilians including bloggers and activists continued and Alaa Abdel Fattah, a famous tweep activist with considerable following, was detained pending military trial, while Mubarak and his regime top officials suffered no punishment for decades of corruption which ended with thousands killed and injured in January's revolution. Worst, former ruling party leaders and MPs reappeared on the political scene with more than ten new parties and thousands of candidates for the parliamentary elections, originally planned to commence in just a few days, on Nov. 28th.
What people wanted to hear was a clear plan to hold presidential elections within weeks not months, elections which would deliver Egypt from military to civilian rule that lasted almost sixty years. But instead, Tantawi followed Mubarak's ill-fated strategy of being a few steps behind Tahrir demands. SCAF is now caged between a hammer and a hard place, as the Muslim Brothers and other Islamist political forces still insist on holding the Parliamentary elections first, to capture what they see as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to achieve unprecedented gains while new liberal and leftist parties are still being formed and building their infrastructure, financial, political, organizational and logistical capacity. It is a hard place to be in, and the few days and weeks ahead will demonstrate if SCAF would indeed learn from Mubarak's mistakes and realign their plans with the high expectations of the protesters.
أفوض وفد من التحرير بقيادة علاء عبد الفتاح للتفاوض مع المجلس العسكري حول آليات انتقال سريع للسلطة للمدنيين
أفوض وفد من التحرير بقيادة علاء عبد الفتاح للتفاوض مع المجلس العسكري حول آليات انتقال سريع للسلطة للمدنيين
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ثلاث حلول لأن شهر يونيو لا يأتي بعد شهر نوفمبر
فين السنيورة : 28 نوفمبر يوم سره باتع
رئيس الجبهة: أخطأت عندما ذهبت لاجتماع المجلس العسكرى وأعتذر للتحرير والثوار - بيان المشير جاء خلاف ما اتفقنا عليه في الاجتماع
السعيد كامل:
أخطأت عندما ذهبت لاجتماع المجلس العسكرى وأعتذر للتحرير والثوار
أعلن السعيد كامل؛ رئيس حزب الجبهة الديمقراطية ؛ إنه أخطأ عندما ذهب لاجتماع المجلس العسكرى الذى عقد أمس مع القوى السياسية، مقدما اعتذاره للشعب المصرى على حضوره الاجتماع.
وقال كامل أن قرارت المجلس العسكري التى خرجت للرأى العام بعد اللقاء لم تفي بالقدر المطلوب مما تم الإتفاق عليه ؛ ولم تشمل كافة ما تم إتخاذه من قرارات خرجت بها القوى السياسية.
وقال كامل : اكتشفت بعد خطاب المشير طنطاوى أمس ان القوى السياسية فى هذا الاجتماع كانت مجرد ديكور وان هذا البيان كان معد مسبقا ؛ مدللا بأن المشير فى خطابه لم يعلن عن النقاط التى اتفقوا عليها فى الاجتماع والتى منها ان يعتذر المجلس الأعلى للقوات المسلحة عما حدث فى الأيام السابقة، ووقف الاعتداء الفورى على المتظاهرين، وإعادة جميع القوات إلى أماكنها المسئولة عن تأمينها، وكفالة حق التظاهر والاعتصام السلمى بما لا يضر بالمرافق العامة، والإفراج الفورى عن المعتلقين على خلفية الأحداث الماضية، وعلاج المصابين وأسر الشهداء على نفقة الدولة، وبدء التحقيق الفورى مع المتهمين بقتل الشباب تمهيدا لمحاكمتهم.
NCA Tele-Conference
Cairo panelists Skype into NCA
By Joseph Leahy – November 19, 2011
Two voices of the Egyptian revolution Skyped in to the NCA today, sharing their experiences of deposing an autocratic regime and providing a model of non-violent protest for other political activists in the Arab-speaking world.
Ashraf Khalil (right) and Wael Nawara (center) asses the prospects for a peaceful transition of power in Egypt. The panel was moderated by Temple University professor Herbert W. Simons.
Ashraf Khalil a Cairo-based journalist and Wael Nawara, the president of the Arab Alliance of Freedom and Democracy provided personal accounts and analysis of the dilemmas and strategies of leading political actors as Egypt looks forward.
"This has been only half a revolution," said Kahlil. Since the massive public uprising, followed by the military coup that deposed Hosni Mubarak, Kahlil said one of his greatest concerns was seeing the military relinquish its power.
"I've never understood why the Egyptian people trusted so much this institution that Mubarak built up over so many years and that greatly benefitted from him."
Wael said he saw the Egyptian uprising as part of a wider global movement. Though there was no direct link, he drew a connection from the Arab Spring to the current Wall Street protests.
"They are challenging the same power structure," he said.