It’s a COUP...
World leaders
are very caution on their statement regarding the political power struggle between
the democratically elected government, Freedom and Justice Party, a political
wing of Muslim Brotherhood led by Muhammad Morsi and his opponents.
The
demonstration organised by opposition on 30 June triggered the Defence Minister
and chief of army, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, an appointee of Morsi, issued an
ultimatum for Morsi’s government to listen to the people’s power and compromise
with the opposition party for the sake of Egypt’s peace and stability. The
message from Sisi was very clear and it’s an indication that the Egypt were
heading for a military coup. However Morsi stand definite and announced that he
is a democratically elected president and will not bend over the political
pressure.
Taking the queue
from Sisi, the military on 3rd July detained Morsi under house
arrest and on late afternoon, Sisi announced a transition plan for Egypt. The
Constitution with the greater input from Morsi’s government suspended while
Supreme Court is expected to announce a new electoral law for parliament and
presidential election. As part of the transition plan, Ally Mansour, a Supreme
Court judge will be interim president. The transition plan by Sisi became an
official announcement that Morsi’s democratically elected government has come
to the end just in one year. While the announcement of the transition plan was
welcomed by millions of Egyptian, Morsi’s supporters cried foul that military
has betrayed the democratically elected government.
However it was
very unfortunate that the world leaders have refrain from using the “military
coup” in their statement and only urged the military to hand over the
administration of the country to civilian as soon possible. It is very difficult
to accept that none of the leaders dares to speak against the military coup. It’s
a bad precedent for the Egypt
and the coup has jeopardized the value of democracy in the Egypt.
Yes, there was many news articles on Morsi’s leadership failure and performance for past one year. It was reported that Morsi’s government has exhibited authoritarian tendencies while the powers of
the judiciary and civil society organizations have been restricted. Further Intelligence
assessment says that the probability for the Egypt to fall into another dictatorship
administration is prevailing.
The economy is
not growing but it’s really illogical to put total blame under Morsi’s
administration. While I agree, that Egypt needs leadership to address
its economic challenges; military coup is not the answer nor will solve the
economy problem.
While Morsi’s
opponents may feel grateful to Sisi’s military intervention, however the
military coup is not a good idea and will not contribute for the long lasting
peace and democratic practices. After all, Morsi’s government was the
majorities’ decision and the coup will not have an easy end.
Coup is not a
strategic move to remove the democratically elected government and it’s a bad
precedent which will haunt Egypt
democracy forever. If this bad precedent can take place in Egypt, it can
happen in any country. I believe the world citizens must stand-up and tell
Egyptian, you made a wrong decision; military coup is not an option.
I will pray hard for the peaceful solutions in the Egypt.
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