ARAB SPRING, DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM. CASE: EGYPT

ARAB SPRING, DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM. CASE: EGYPT

Hugo Adan  9/3/2013

“Morsi, un jinete improvisado, se subió al caballo ensillado de su vecino y lo desbarranco”. Morsi, un improvised horse-driver, got the neighbors set-horse and drove it to a precipice.

That means that people fought for democracy, Morsi said that he could lead this cause but failed. However, the struggle continues, it has not finished. People will organize another National strike and that will initiate the 2^nd part of this revolution. This time the Egyptian people will triumph. The days of el-SISI are numbered. 

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My concern with the ARAB SPRING here is related to the ideologies that fostered these uprisings. Everybody knows that they were inspired by western myths of democracy, freedom and liberty. Everybody knows that Myths move mountains. 

If this is true, then welcome the uprising of the people against dictators.

Welcome then the uprising of the Egyptian people against Mubarak, he should be brought back to jail.

But, what if the western nations that supposed to help this cause or sponsor it, disrupted instead the process of democratization by supporting a coup d’etat  against a democratically elected government?

This is the case of Egypt. There was not explicit condemnation to the coup from the US because the elected government was Muslim.  The type of Muslim regimen that doesn’t represent or serve -without hesitation- the interest of the West in the region. 

Those interest include a prevailing one: Israel. This country took before the most precious resource from Egypt, the gas from the Sinai Peninsula .  Israel was forced to returned to Egypt by international pressure, it was naked plundering resulting from war. Instead the West forced a deal between both countries. 

The deal was that Mubarak has to give back to Israel the control of this resource “peacefully”,   via an onerous contract… and he signed!  

Since the rev put down the Mubarak regime is Israel the one who needed  another dictator in Cayro to get indefinite control of the Egiptian gas to Israel. Is Israel the main player of the Coup of July 3 in Egypt.

Israel is the most beloved partner of the US  and a privileged member  of  NATO, the armed arm of the US empire. El-Sisi has good contacts with NATO, he follow their orders, then is only a good servant. A servant that is needed as ruler in Egypt, it doesn’t matter if his regimen is a fascistic one.

How the West corporate media manage to convince people in Egypt that the new dictator is the best one for their nation?

They said that el-Sisi will provide order and security to all members of the nation. Order that Morsi couldn’t bring because he betrayed the spirit of the Arab revolution in this country. Morsi  betrayed the essence of liberal democracy in Egypt, said the supporters of Sisi 

Democracy is what people of Egypt demanded and they don’t have it with Morsi. El- Sisi  promised to amend the Constitution and call immediately call for new elections to restore democracy.

Is liberal democracy the spirit of the Arab revolution in Egypt?, Yes, and what it means liberal democracy?

According to the free-wikipedia liberal democracy is a form of government in which representatives are elected under the principles of liberalism. That is, democracy should protect the rights of minorities and, especially, of all individuals considered citizens under the law. Liberal democracy is characterized by : 1. fair, free, and competitive elections between multiple distinct political parties. 2. a separation of powers into different branches of government. 3. the rule of law in everyday life as part of an open society, and  4. equal protection of human rights, civil rights, civil liberties, and political freedoms for all persons.

Does the constitution enacted by Morsi regime includes those principles?. Maybe yes, maybe not,  it was never published and distributed to all people. Even if there is or not written words about this topic, facts and real politics prevail. Let’s check:

1.  During Morsi’s regime do Egiptians had fair, free, and competitive elections between multiple distinct political parties?. The answer is yes.

2. Does the State has a separation of powers into different branches of government? .  The answer is yes.  However nobody knows if the Constitution stated clearly that the army is subordinated to the executive and legislative branches of the  government.

3. Does the rule of law prevailed in everyday life of the society and for all members of the nation? The answer is NO. Women minorities are still oppressed and discriminated and Christian minorities has been attacked by sectarian fundamentalist Islamic across the nation.

4. Is there equal protection of human rights, civil rights, civil liberties, and political freedoms for all persons.?  Yes and NO. Yes maybe in the paper (the constitution that we assume contain all these basic principles). Not in practice or real politics. When people demanded -with more than 20,000 signatures the impeachment of the government- Morsi should have placed this demand in Court  to determine if that proceeds or not, and if yes,  how to. There was also the option of calling a referendum by executive decree. He instead decided to crackdown the protesters who peacefully sit-in Tahrir Square. Such  state violence  caused several dead. 

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