Montreal , February 5th, 2011
What we have seen in Egypt over the last 12 days, or so, is not a coup d’état, but a people's revolution against TYRANNY! For thirty years, Mubarak kept rejecting repeated calls, by the Egyptian people, for a genuine democracy and the rule of law. The Egyptian people could not tolerate such a corrupt regime any longer; one that had failed to meet even their most basic human needs and legitimate aspirations.
Even now, Mubarak is still playing his deceptive game. However, he has finally been pressured to make a few concessions.
During the first couple of days, Mubarak dismissed his failed government and for the first time in his 30 years' presidency, he appointed a vice-president, a position he never really wanted to fill and he declared he would not run again for another term. He also promised his son would not be an heir to his throne!
On the eleventh day of the revolution, the newly appointed Prime Minister had the courage to apologize to the people of Egypt for the violence perpetrated by the regime’s thugs on unsuspecting, peaceful demonstrators, on streets of major cities.
On the same day and also for the first time, he made yet another concession: the Prime Minister announced the investigation of two powerful members of the fallen regime; an ex Minister, Habib Al Adly and a member of parliament, Ahmed Ezz, who is Gamal Mubarak’s best friend, yet another two difficult decisions.
Undoubtedly, these unexpected decisions were the result of such a popular uprising against his 30 years of corruption and mismanagement of the country.
The Egyptian people are solidly united in thought and action. They are tired and fed up of the failed policies of this regime. They are tired of the sectarian tension that was unheard of before Mubarak’s Machiavellian policy of “Divide and Conquer.” Today, both Christians and Muslims are standing together, hand in hand, to change their abject socio-economic conditions and abuse of the police state.
The Egyptian people are crying out with one voice. They have one demand: Mubarak must GO NOW. We need A REGIME CHANGE, in anticipation of THE NEW EGYPT we will all build together.
We salute our courageous brothers and sisters on Egypt’s streets. The entire world is proud of you.
We are echoing the voice of our Egyptian compatriots by calling for the following reforms:
1) President Mubarak must step down, NOW. This is a crucial key in Egypt’s stability and social peace.
2) To put an end to the perpetual ill-famed Emergency Law, which suspends all basic civil liberties.
3) To put an end to the abuse and torture committed by police.
4) To release all detained protesters and political dissenters unconditionally.
5) To cancel the 2010 elections of the Egyptian Parliament and to call for new elections monitored by Egyptian and International civil society organizations.
6) To empower the Egyptian Judiciary to fully supervise the electoral process, and to mandate prosecutors to monitor all Police Stations, to ensure the end of torture.
7) To rewrite the constitution in order to enshrine freedom and equality for all citizens and to allow independent and party candidates to run for the presidency. The tenure of the president should be limited to a maximum of two consecutive terms.
8) To establish a democratic state where rights of all citizens are respected, without any discrimination, based on religion, race, gender, or political thought.
9) To grant the nearly eight million Egyptians, living abroad, their constitutional right to vote in all future elections.
10) To address the problems of poverty by raising minimum wage; to reform the educational system, with the aim of paving the ground for social justice, peace and democracy.
11) To liberate the media from State control and state propaganda; to promote and disseminate via the media a culture of human rights and of peaceful coexistence and mutual respect among members of different faiths.
At this historical moment, we call upon the International community to help all the people in the Middle East: Egyptians, Algerians, Tunisians, etc. to build a true democracy.
Let us all congratulate our brothers and sisters in Tunisia and in Egypt, because they inspired the liberation of all the oppressed people in the Arab World.
Long live the Egyptian People, Long Live the Tunisian people. Long live all Arab peoples who seek justice and democracy. Vive le people Egyptien, Vive Le people Tunisien, Vive les peuples Arabes.
The National Association for Change in Egypt (Taghyeer - Canada)
Mohamed Kamel Nabill A. Malek
National Association for Change in Egypt (Taghyeer – Canada, C.P. 92037, Brossard, QC, J4W 3K8
Email: nac.canada@hotmail.com – Tel.: (514) 863-9202
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