From: William Gladys <william.gladys@tiscali.co.uk>
Date: Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 5:32 PM
Subject: Fw: Egyptians urged to topple military rule
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Egyptians urged to topple military rule
Sat Feb 12, 2011 10:30AM
A young man stands in front of graffiti in Liberation Square during a celebration over President Hosni Mubarak's stepping down February 11 in the Egyptian capital Cairo.
The revolution in Egypt has turned the military rulers' fear campaign on themselves, requiring Egyptians to maintain pressure until a civilian government takes charge, says an analyst.
"My assessment is the fear, which is for the population to be afraid of the regime, has changed camps. The people are no longer afraid. They have shown that they can overturn an oppressive government," Said Zulficar, a political analyst, said in an interview with Press TV on Friday.
He suggested that the military establishment is now harboring fears of an overthrow and noted, "And the other camp was not just the regime but the people are supporting the regime, which was the army. I still think that the top brass of the army has not changed that fundamental feeling. They are doing what they call the crisis management."
His comments came on the heels of a brief announcement by the Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman on Friday, in which Suleiman said that the embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had "abandoned the presidency" and handed over power to the Supreme Council of the Egyptian Armed Forces, which is headed by Defense Minister Gen. Mohammed Tantawi.
Zulficar, however, cautioned Egyptians against complacency in their struggles for democracy and said that the country's ruling military has merely employed a shape-shifting strategy by leaving Mubarak out.
Zulficar pointed to foreign interventions meant to preserve the military rule in the Arab world' most populous country and said that the Egyptian military seems to be advised "to get rid of Mubarak who was a total liability and that they must do some crisis management, which is take over power and try and have certain amounts of reform which I fear might be cosmetic unless the people who are no longer afraid must continue the movement."
He said that Egyptians "must not demobilize. They must still maintain the aims of the movement. They must maintain the demands which are the dissolution of both Houses of the Parliament, the abrogation of the emergency law, the establishment of social justice and a normal, legal justice and having a civilian government."
Mubarak's resignation has triggered celebrations among millions of protesters in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, and other cities across the North African country. Opposition groups, including the Muslim Brotherhood, however, have called for the formation of a civilian-led government.
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