Egypt revolt like Edsa I. MANILA, Philippines? The Philippines on Saturday congratulated Egypt for winning its freedom in a revolution that ended with the resignation of Hosni Mubarak, a historic moment that came 25 years after Filipinos introduced people power to the world on Edsa. President Aquino on Saturday hailed the ? Relatively peaceful resolution? Of Egypt? S political crisis that forced President Hosni Mubarak to step down, making a reference to Filipinos?
Bloodless people power uprising that overthrew strongman Ferdinand Marcos in February 1986. ? ? The Philippines will mark the 25th anniversary of the first Edsa People Power on February 25. In Cairo, Egyptians woke to a new dawn on Saturday after 30 years of autocratic rule under Mubarak, full of hope after achieving almost unthinkable change, with the Army in charge and an uncertain future ahead.
As the muezzin? People power sweeps thru region ? It remains to be seen how the Armed Forces? ? Undreamt success Eighteen days of rallies on Cairo? ? ? Beyond Arab world ? ? Philippine welcomes resolution of Egypt crisis | Home >> Other Sections >> Breaking News. It’s official, folks. We’ve now become a country of whistleblowers. Every so often, an exposé or some major controversy pops up in the news — and a key witness comes forward and testifies about everything he/she knows.
It started in 1986 when then-Gen. Fidel Ramos and then-Defense Secretary Juan Ponce Enrile squealed on President Marcos. I don’t intend to delve into the veracity or the reliability of these allegations by these whistleblowers. There’s something to be said about whistleblowers over and above how they are positioned to the public. In the 1800s, the term “kicker” meant someone who was a constant complainer.
Like I said, I won’t delve into the veracity of the claims of all the whistleblowers that have come and gone. All of us who are in the corporate world know that SQs (squeaky wheels) are present in any organization. Lifestyle Feature ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: If you’re a manager, you have to be careful, too. So, you’ve got an issue, you say? ÉGYPTE • Vu de Bulgarie, la révolution n'aura pas lieu. Quand je vois les chars d'assaut T-72 (de fabrication soviétique) manœuvrer aux abords de la place Tahrir, je ne peux m'empêcher de penser comment ces mêmes machines ont failli faire rouler leur chenilles sur les pavés jaunes de la place Alexandre Nevski [entre la cathédrale du même nom et le Parlement] à Sofia en décembre 1989.
Pour les plus jeunes, je dois rappeler qu'à cette époque le pouvoir au sein du PC venait de passer des mains de l'inusable Todor Jivkov à celles du "réformateur" Petar Mladenov. Mais cette révolution de palais n'a pas suffi à calmer le désir de changement de la population, qui s'est mise à manifester jour et nuit devant le Parlement. A un moment, les nerfs de Mladenov ont lâché et il a prononcé sur le seuil de l'Assemblée assiégée cette phrase restée célèbre : "Il vaut mieux faire venir les tanks !
" Pour nous, Européens de l'Est, il y a comme une impression de "déjà-vu" dans ces révoltes arabes. Egypt: What do the neighbours think? The closer you are to events, the less principled and more pragmatic you become. Hence, while Western governments advocate for the departure of President Mubarak, views from the region are somewhat different, even if the likelihood of the Tunisian contagion spreading beyond Egypt is limited (an argument well summarised by Foreign Policy's Marc Lynch, although he does equivocate later in the piece). For outsiders, the Egyptian protests are all about regime removal and the desire for political freedom. This is true, to an extent, but the protests are also about economic issues.
Many Arab states have long operated on the unwritten social contract of exchanging limited (or no) political freedom for state economic protection, be it through food and energy subsidies, employment in bloated state-owned enterprises or bureaucracies, and pensions. Egypt, for example, was spending 8% of its GDP on subsidies (or close to 25% of its budget).
Photo by Flickr user zen. Egypt: Obama's caution. Jonathan Chait at New Republic writes: The Egyptian populace seems almost totally united in opposition to Mubarak, with the only significant support coming from those in Mubarak's pay. The opposition has all the nationalist and religious legitimacy it needs. At this point Obama needs to forcefully cut Mubarak loose. The only delay, I would hope, is his slowness to respond to events, a trait he has consistently displayed since the campaign. Sometimes that caution has served him well, but here it hasn't. If Obama does not act soon it will be a black mark. What I want to know is, how does the current, more cautious, US policy actually harm US interests? Maybe there's a risk that, by not cutting Mubarak loose, Obama looks suspect in the eyes of whatever government takes over.
The Obama Administration's approach — as described here, with quotes from a 'senior Administration official' — sounds about right to me. Egypt: ABC News' Christiane Amanpour Exclusive Interview with President Mubarak. <br/><a href=" US News</a> | <a href=" Business News</a> Copy I've just left the presidential palace in Cairo where I sat down for an exclusive 30-minute interview with President Hosni Mubarak. He told me that he is troubled by the violence we have seen in Tahrir Square over the last few days but that his government is not responsible for it.
Instead, he blamed the Muslim Brotherhood, a banned political party here in Egypt. I asked President Mubarak about the violence that his supporters launched against the anti-government protesters in Liberation Square. He told me, "I was very unhappy about yesterday. I do not want to see Egyptians fighting each other. " I asked how he felt after giving the speech Monday night, saying he would not run for president again, and he told me he felt relief. Christiane Amanpour with President Hosni Mubarak The interview took place on day when the mood here is getting increasingly tense. France suspends arms sale to Egypt | Al-Masry Al-Youm: Today's News from Egypt. Al Jazeera English: Egyptian TV reports that H...