Monday, March 14, 2011

About the Amendments, the Revolution and the Unspoken

Do we have to hold referendum on constitutional amendments?
If a referendum is held, should we share?
If  participated in the referendum, should we support the amendments or reject them?
If we reject the amendments, does this mean to start work in the new constitution? Or modify the amendments?
In both cases, who will do it?
Founding committee? Or a judicial committee?
If a national team, what is the mechanism and rules of the election?
During all this, is it to be held both legislative and presidential elections?
And which must precede the other?
If the legislative elections were held, who can guarantee it will be a true reflection of the pulse of the street?
Maybe brings Muslim Brotherhoods into power ....
If presidential elections were held under the current constitution with amendments, can anybody be sure, the new President does not exploit the broad powers in the Constitution and become a new dictator?

If we want to answer all the previous questions, a definitive and suffice answers that are to be agreed upon by everyone ... We must have to be either, absolute wise or having comprehensive high capacity to know what will happen in the future.
Since it is impossible to imagine whichever occurs, so that, let us deal with reality as it is and what we can do in order to move from the Revolution 
into achieving the three main goals of the Revolution:

Bread        freedom   social justice
There were two important principles emphasized by the Revolution to achieve its objectives:  peaceful and Civilian

Simply, that could be the reference in answering the previous questions ....
Constitutional amendments, whether or not the referendum occurs, whether approved or not, should lead to the election of the Constituent Assembly drafting a new constitution agreed upon by the Egyptian nation.
This Constitution must reflect the principles of the Revolution:
Freedom, dignity and justice through civilian state, where the transition of power is processed by peaceful manners.
This is what was martyred for Sally Zahran and Ziad Bakri and hundreds of martyrs
This is something non-debatable ..
In my opinion to say that the president-elect would not advocate the establishment of a new constitution, is just a waste of time ...
The new Constitution is imperative and expressly provided for in the proposed amendments.
Though the blood of the holy martyrs of the revolution, they are the strongest and most important guarantee of any text ...
One of the most democratic constitutions in the world, which inherited by the largest democracies across the West for hundreds of years, the British constitution is unwritten.
The blood of the martyrs had already written a constitution, and we must all bear the brunt of not betraying them for any reason.

We come now to a key point and an important one.
Why should we accelerate the transition to civilian rule? And what if the Muslim Brotherhood took advantage of this speed to jump into power?
The answer to the question may call us to discuss the "unspoken"

Role of the army
The role of the army was decisive in helping to ensure the success of the revolution.
It was clear from the outset that the army approves the legitimate demands of the people. But I can exaggerate and say that the military statement on the understanding of these demands was a sign to the rebels tend to the presidential palace and overthrow the regime.
There is no doubt that there are many historical and psychological reasons, which prompted the army to declare its willingness to hand over power to a civilian administration as soon as possible. These historical and psychological reasons are the same as to call me Flabbergasting the desire of some of the civil power in the continuation of the military council, both as it now stands, or through a presidential council. 
It does not take a deep thinking so we can deduce that the representative of the military wing of the presidential council (and regardless of the number and value of the civilians in it) would be the strongest influence. Also extend the period of junta rule contains a risk to be reckoned with, even by some believers of theory of “fairness Dictator”!!.
At the same time, we cannot imagine that the rule and shape of the Egyptian army in the new regime in Egypt, which can safely be called the "Second Republic", will remain as is.
This is an oversimplification of things.
There is no doubt of the military judge of loyalty to the new President and the elected government by the people. However, recent events make it difficult to imagine Mr. Commander in Chief and Chairman of the ruling military council in the role of minister or deputy prime ministers in the Egyptian government to come. The same applies to Mr. Chief of Staff Vice Chairman of the Military Council and whatever the names of the occupants of these sites.
The new composition of the Egyptian Republic II should put strongly and effectively the role of the Egyptian armed forces. Great deal of this will be maintaining the principles and spirit of the Republic, which must reflect the spirit and objectives of the revolution of January 25.
Egyptian army has now an additional role to protect the Constitution and the  preservation of the civil state (including freedom of belief, expression and information) and to ensure a peaceful democratic transition of power through free elections take place regularly in the country.

Which brings us to the second question: What if the Muslim Brotherhood took advantage of this speed to jump into power?
Indeed, I personally do not tend to this hypothesis. My only Guide in that is history!
It has never happened for this group since its inception 1928 and until now that they won a popular consensus in real.
Even under the disastrous rule of Mubarak's run, we cannot say they were able to represent the majority of the people of Egypt. 
Yes, definitely benefited some popularity by loathing of ordinary Egyptians of the corrupted system. But the real revolution broke out only when millions of non-politically active Egyptians decided to regain their dignity and freedom of their hands.
Something definitely was inability by the Muslim Brotherhood movement and their sympathizers during last thirty years.

Indeed, the Egyptian press and the media both public and private acts as a strange and puzzling in this regard. They compete to invite the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, Salafists, and symbols of the exponents of the new poles and finally the Islamic group (Gama’a Islamyya)  in an exaggerated manner.
Not those figures of the revolution who really established its principles, but the symbols of these groups who lately joined up with Revolution. And the media here reminds me of Mr. Omar Suleiman, who dealt with all political forces, with the exception of the real rebels in the street.
But even if we assume the arrival of the Muslim Brotherhood to power through free elections, the experience of Hamas in Gaza cannot be duplicated in Egypt. 
Egyptian People have laid unwritten constitution, which will be a source of inspiration for the peoples of the region as a whole.
Freedom, dignity and social justice. Throughout a civilian state where transition of power is in peaceful manner.
Principles will continue to be monitored and protected by the Egyptian army ... And the Egyptian people ..

I am sure that these millions who rushed to regain their dignity and their country’s dignity, and who Surprised the whole world and themselves. Those, who have a deep vision companied with their insistence on achieving the goals seemed to many impossible. 
They will surprise us again by new young political formations and shapes.  Removing memories of any cartoon groups of parties or past dream never materialized, except in the heads of their respective owners.

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