Egypt: UNSC must act against
military dictator Sisi!
-DR. ABDUL RUFF COLACHAL
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Today, as Western powers control Asian nations,
all anti-Islamic countries and their fanatic media nuts oppose
Islamic rule in Egypt and are eager to allow military dictatorship
to crush the roots of true democracy, nurtured by post-Mubarak
era .
As determined military rogues seeking to stay in power, destroying
every possible popular leadership- especially the most popular Brotherhood
party, opposed by anti-Islamic world, Egyptians are forced to vote today
the 14th January in a military made constitutional
referendum, the first ballot since the military in a coup overthrew popularly
elected Islamist president Mohamed Mursi.
The military sponsored referendum is essentially is an event
likely to spawn a presidential bid by army chief Dictator General Abdel Fattah
al-Sisi.
With
a view to rule almost permanently with US backing, dictator Sisi
deposed the first ever elected President of Egypt Mohammad Mursi, Egypt's first
freely elected head of state, in July. His Islamist foes see Sisi as the
mastermind of a coup that kindled the worst internal strife in Egypt's modern
history and brought back what critics call a police state.
Egyptians
are weary of the political upheaval that has gripped Egypt and shattered its
economy since they rose up to topple autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011, and they
view Sisi as a decisive figure who can reinstate stability. Sisi
hopes that rebel Egyptians, who staged mass protests against Mursi's
rule before his ouster, will turn out in big numbers and vote "yes"
in the two-day referendum, a milestone in the army-backed government's
political road map.
Sisi’s photos now are seen every corner of Egypt as a prelude to
his permanent dictatorship Important analysts say the referendum is also
turning out to be a vote on the popularity of a man whose image features on
posters across Cairo. He seeks popularity by immoral means and if he runs for
president, Sisi hopes to win to end democracy forever in Egypt and possibly
Mideast with the help of Arab leadrs and Americans. . .
Military rogues undermine democratic gains made after Mubarak's
fall.
This will be the third time Egyptians have voted on constitutional
arrangements since the historic uprising against Mubarak, a former air force
chief, in January 2011, and overall the sixth time they have gone to the polls
since his downfall.
The military rogues want the constitution to replace
one signed into law by President Mursi a little more than a year ago after it
was approved in a referendum. The new text strips out disputed Islamist language
while strengthening state institutions that defied Mursi: the military, the
police and the judiciary.
Approval of the rewritten constitution appears a foregone
conclusion. Mursi's now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood is calling for a boycott
rather than a "no" vote, while many Egyptians who backed his removal
are expected to vote "yes" in support of the army-backed order that
has replaced Islamist rule.
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), a Geneva-based
group that works to uphold the rule of law, described the draft constitution as
highly flawed. "The referendum campaign has taken place within a context
of fear, intimidation and repression, calling into question the fairness of the
entire process," it said in a statement.
The referendum anchors a transition plan the government unveiled
in July with the stated aim of restoring democracy, although it simultaneously
launched a fierce crackdown on the Brotherhood, Egypt's best organized party
until last year.
Driven
underground and declared a terrorist group on December 25, the Brotherhood has
said it will shun the road map. A presidential vote is expected as early as
April, once the referendum is approved, with a parliamentary election later.
Egypt's
political transition may well keep stumbling. Al Qaeda-linked Islamist
militants, which security officials say have ties to the Brotherhood, have
stepped up attacks against security forces since Mursi's ouster.
The
Brotherhood has repeatedly said it is a peaceful movement and that it hoped
street protests would bring down the government and its allies in the
military.But the severe security clampdown - hundreds of Islamists have been
killed and thousands arrested - has taken the steam out of demonstrations.
Mursi and many other top Brotherhood leaders have been arrested and are on
trial. State and private television channels demonize them as
"terrorists" while frequently showing Sisi inspecting military sites,
giving speeches and meeting with members of the public.
Anti-Islamic Egypt's Western allies were also hoping that a more
competitive political field would emerge with military dictatorship, three
years after the Arab Spring tide of democratic change swept through the
country. But little leverage has been applied to back their calls for inclusive
politics in the biggest Arab nation. Suspicions have already emerged about the
fairness of the referendum.
Egypt is deeply influential in the Arab world and whatever
political scenario unfolds there could impact the region. The political turmoil
has wrecked the economy. But Gulf Arab states, suspicious of the Muslim
Brotherhood, jumped to Egypt's rescue by supporting military dictatorship after
President Mursi's illegal overthrow, providing billions of dollars in aid.
As per the military plan Egyptian government officials have hailed
the revised constitution as a clear sign of democratic progress. Human rights
groups are highly skeptical. Human Rights Watch expressed concern at reports
that seven activists from the Strong Egypt party face criminal charges for
hanging posters calling for a 'no' vote in the referendum.
Though
the Egyptian citizens should be free to vote for or against the new
constitution, not fear arrest for simply campaigning for a 'no' vote," the
referendum itself is a shame on UN and USA. President Mursi was
protecting the right to vote as safeguarding the right to free expression.
Protecting the nation fo Egypt form the dictatorship of military
is the urgent issue now.
Now UNSC should leave other issues for the time being
and get rid of illegal military regime and its manipulative politics by using
its judges.
US led West should oppose military dictatorship in
Egypt and help the elected President Mohammad president return to power to
normalize democratic system in Egypt.
Military dictatorship is no democracy!
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