Surviving the After- Mass - Articles by Cairo Class A Young Mind's Thoughts on the New Egyptian Constitution ( By Shaden)
“A constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed." Even though the constitution should represent all classes of the people equally, yet it is believed that the Egypt new constitution is limited to only one class. Therefore, the new constitution doesn’t represent the revolution, but it represents the exact opposite which is killing the revolution.
One of the main causes for not fulfilling the demands of the 25th of January revolution is the political factors which may be seen in the lack of experience and in the new constitution. The 6th of April youth movement stated in an announcement that the new Government is not fulfilling the demands of the revolution due to their inexperience. "Kandil's government is concerned about building projects that are far away from the demands of revolution" (Adel, 2012). He then stated that this goes to the old mentality of this government and the lack of their experience and creativity to introduce a solution to the everyday problems of the civilians. Adel then continued by stating that Kandil's government will soon fail due to their adoption of the same tactics and strategies that Mubarak government used. Therefore, it is believed that the inexperience and lack of creativity of this government is one main reason behind the unfulfilling of the demands of the revolution. While some other believes that the new constitution is more important reason behind unfulfilling of the 25th of revolution demands. Hamdeen Sabahy, the former presidential candidate, believes that the new constitution does not fulfill the demands of the revolution, “we reject the constitution draft that the constituent assembly published as for it does not fulfill the demands of the revolution “ (Sabahy, 2012) . On the same point El-baradey stated that he accepts what Hamdeen said by rejecting the constitution draft due to that it does not meet and fulfill the social justice, which is one of the revolution demands, within the country. The national power also rejects the constitution as it is far away from fulfilling the demands of revolution.
The new constitution states that rights and freedoms shall be practiced as long as they do not contradict the nature of the Egyptian family, verbal insults are a crime, the right to practice religion and worship is limited to Muslims, Christians, and Jews, and civilians may be tried by the armed forces in cases specified by the law. So the revolutionaries asked for freedom, and what they got is a constitution that doesn't protect their rights, doesn't allow neither freedom of expression nor freedom of religion, and allows military trials of citizens. Also, the article which states that men and women are equal in rights got removed.
Concluding, at the 25th of January millions rebelled against a tyrant and brought him down in order for a better future, a future that they deserve. A future they have always dreamed of, but this dream was stolen, manipulated and killed by the hands of the constitution assembly.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes By: Lojine Gamal
That story, I believe, is one we're all familiar with; the little chimpanzee who possesses human-like intelligence and emotions rises up, starts getting a little wild, finds himself imprisoned in an ape sanctuary, breaks out along with his fellow apes and together they try to take over the planet. The planet is Egypt, the ape sanctuary is jail, and I don't have to say who the chimpanzee and the apes are.
Subsequent to the revolution, the president went to prison and the prisoner, supported by his vulpine and swindling clan, became president. The Muslim Brotherhood took over most of the parliament seats, but instead of delivering what they promised they delivered undesired gifts. Instead of the renaissance we longed for we were presented with a collapsing economy and a power-hungry, blood-thirsty organization.
But despite the constitutional declaration, the declining of our economy, and the Brotherhood leaders taking over the government there was hope. That hope was the new constitution which turned out to be rotten. And as if we're fools, a referendum was held. But really, if the entire Egyptian population had voted no and the Brotherhood wanted it to be yes, the result would've been yes and they would still call it democracy. But the real fool is the one that can see the world falling apart and does nothing about it, then comes out and spouts gibberish in his so-called speeches and claims that everything is alright.
The real fool is Mr. President for following the rules of the jungle and letting his "clan" kill the protestors, then dismissing the interior minister for not attacking the people and replacing him with someone who'd follow the jungle rules too. The real fool is Mr. President for talking about freedom of speech one day and filing cases against journalists the next. The real fool is Mr. President for beating up the hungry because they're complaining. The real fool is Mr. President for being a good boy and following his orders. And is a puppet any better that a tyrant anyway?
The Muslim Brotherhood does NOT represent Islam, and such extremists left no room for religious tolerant. There's a reason why the long –banned organization was banned. Growing a beard or shaving it off is unrelated to Sharia. Preaching is not the same thing as conquering. And after all, the greatest trick the Devil has ever pulled off is convincing people that he's a god.
Is this Democracy? (By Amr) Throughout its history, Egypt had been through so many corrupt governments and frankly we have gotten used to being ruled by corrupt systems. But now when there is a chance for democracy and the building of clean, honest political systems we are faced with the largest number of opponents fighting for power. Now that most Egyptians are aware and tasted freedom of dictatorship, it is very difficult for any government to continue the lies and deceits taken from the previous Well, the situation is so easy to describe and extremely hard to live in. The banned group or the Muslims brotherhood, whom I really feel sorry to call them Muslims, along with Mohamed Morsy, who is supposed to be Egypt's president, thought that this country is theirs and they're free to do whatever they want in it, but they forgot that Egypt is for all the Egyptians: Christians, Muslims, and Jews. They put a constitution that serves only their community, they replaced 10 ministries with Islamist ones and amplified their presence in the government, and they are really working hard to let their voice be the one and only. No matter how people object, Morsy still doesn't care; this was obvious when he let "his group of so called Muslims" to fight and beat up harmless demonstrators who were opposed to his so called constitutional reforms in Al Ethadiya with no mercy as if they animals. The brotherhood is now trying to eliminate anything or anyone who might expose them for what and who they are, thus harm them. They are now calling for "media cleansing" forgetting that they have their own private broadcast stations from which they broadcast their name calling against whoever opposes them, they call anyone who doesn't agree with them and infidel which is Islam is a crime punishable by death. A direct result of a terrible situation like this, is a collapsing economy, The country’s foreign currency reserves have dwindled to less than half their value before the 2011 uprising, and the Egyptian pound plummeted to the extent that 1 dollar became equal to 6.45 LE. Moreover, the thing that angers all of us as Egyptians is that with all those disasters, Morsy shows up on the TV saying that everything is good, nothing is happening, and so on as if we're a bunch of idiots and we'll believe him despite what we know and see going on.
Why is it that everyone thinks that people can be fooled and will buy their lies they tell them. I am asking the readers, how can we live in a country where the president goes on national TV and lies to apparently his people just to further his control over the country? How can we live in a country where religion is used to further someone's power? How can you live in a country where votes are bought from the poor and uneducated for only a meal and house supplies? How can you live in a country as old as time when her children are no longer proud of their heritage? How can you live in a country where Islam is being represented by a group of liars, killers, and thieves who call themselves "Brothers" notice the name.. Only males are allowed.