Ding Long: Mubarak’s acquittal reflects Egypt’s w88 mobile landscape
(Source: "Global Times"2014Year12month2日）
11month29On the 9108_9247|, the Cairo Criminal Court dropped the charge of "killing demonstrators" against former Egyptian President Mubarak. This "trial of the century" has basically settled. As expected, Mubarak will soon regain his freedom. Mubarak was once the primary target of the Egyptian "revolution" and was considered to be the indicator of the success or failure of the "revolution". However, this "trial of the century" ended in an anticlimactic manner, reflecting Egypt's current and future w88 mobile landscape.
First of all, Mubarak’s exoneration symbolizes the strong return of authoritarianism. It is obvious that w88 mobile factors were the decisive factor in this trial. The court dropped the charges for "technical" reasons without entering the trial process, which reflected its special care for Mubarak. It is foreseeable that another former president, Morsi, who faces the same accusation, will never be so lucky. If this crime is placed on current President Sisi, it is by no means unreasonable. Such a contrast shows that the secular ruling elite, represented by the Egyptian judicial system, adopts double standards and uses politicized trials to declare the strong return of authoritarianism. After Sisi came to power, he implemented an enhanced version of authoritarianism in a more confident manner. Not only did it declare the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization, it also decisively canceled fuel and bread subsidies that previous governments had dared not touch, and now it has declared the targets of the "revolution" innocent. The reason why Sisi is so confident is that he knows that he has the double "negative legitimacy" conferred by the previous two regimes. Having experienced worse Islamist rule, the Egyptian people have no choice but to live outside Sisi. Opinion poll results provide evidence that Sisi's approval rating did not change significantly before and after the verdict.
Secondly, the verdict highlights the deep logic of Egyptian politics. Mubarak's acquittal means that Egyptian politics has returned to the track before the "revolution", with those who were previously in power returning to power and those who were previously in jail behind bars. The logic of Egyptian politics in the past60There has been no change in the middle of the year. The two main forces in the w88 mobile arena are the secular ruling elite at the center of power and the w88 mobile Islamic opposition at the edge. The liberal democrats in between are scattered and weak, thus forming an either-or binary w88 mobile structure of secular authoritarianism and w88 mobile Islam. After the revolution, the Muslim Brotherhood moved from the margins to the center, but its short-term governance practice showed that it was a qualified opposition but an unqualified ruler. Morsi knew that the military still held the power of life and death, and tried every means to please the military. However, the military still took advantage of large-scale public protests to depose him. This shows that those who control Egyptian politics have always been the so-called "deep state" (deep state), that is, the military, the police and the judicial system, even when democratically elected President Morsi was in power. An unwritten rule in Egyptian politics is that although the military does not directly govern, the president must be elected from the military. Egypt has so far had a total of5Presidents, including4Bit from the military. The two presidents who broke this rule were both captured by the military. Morsi, who was from the Muslim Brotherhood, was imprisoned. Mubarak was forced to step down by the military because of his attempt to pass on the throne. Now that Mubarak's hereditary dream has been shattered, the military has no reason not to allow this8611636_11649
Once again, stability and development have become the consensus of Egyptian society. The verdict did not cause much disturbance, and the situation in Egypt was generally calm, indicating that the trial of Mubarak is no longer an important issue in Egyptian society, and his fate is no longer of concern. If this were placed in the "revolutionary" era when passion was burning, it would have been a different scene. After nearly4years of turmoil, the Egyptian people have developed "revolutionary fatigue" and are tired of the endless w88 mobile struggle. They have become more sober and pragmatic, and understand that "revolution" cannot solve all problems and that democracy cannot be a living thing. Instead of electing Islamists who are guided by ideology and engage in "cultural revolution", it is better to accept authoritarian politics that can bring security and stability. The negative teaching materials of the failure of the "revolution" in Syria, Libya, and Yemen and the collapse of civil war also told the Egyptian people that the problem of Arab countries is not lack of democracy, but lack of development. An Egyptian commented on a social networking site, “Mubarak’s real crime should be to hold power30One year left behind35% illiteracy rate,30% unemployment rate,40% poverty rate, weak and irrelevant Egypt. "For Arab countries where social integration is immature, the level of national construction is low, and society is torn apart by ethnic, sectarian, and tribal conflicts, democracy is an unbearable luxury. This is a lesson that the Arab people have learned with their blood and lives over the past few years.
After Egypt’s w88 mobile situation stabilized, its economic growth accelerated significantly, and a number of large-scale projects such as the Second Suez Canal were successfully launched. Recently, the World Bank made very optimistic forecasts for the Egyptian economy. With the consensus that stability requires development, the situation in Egypt will continue to develop in a good direction.
(The author is a professor of Arabic Department, w88 casino of Foreign Languages, w88 casino)
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