The Second, People-Led Revolution

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Revolution not a Coup

The Second, people-led Revolution

2013

I took the picture


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Estimates by Google Earth 32 million

people

The people who went down where FOUR times those

who went against Mubarak and his regime in 2011


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Egypts independence day

On the eve ofIndependence Day in theU.S., the skies over Cairoevoke images of 4th July

celebrations. Fireworks are erupting

and crowds are roaringin jubilation in TahrirSquare, as the militaryhas announced the

ouster of EgyptianPresident MohamedMorsi, a year after hetook office.


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What the Western World said about

us

12 million people elected Morsi, so he is thefirst elected civilian President in Egypt, anyattempt to overthrow him is not democratic.

In the western advanced countries and indemocracies there are other democratic andcivilized ways of getting rid of an ineffectiveleader

This is a coup d'tat by the military against anelected president.


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Important questions

Is it a coup or is it a revolution?

Could Egyptians have changed the MB rulers

via the known democratic means ofrepresentative democracies ie throughelections?

Is this the Mubarak regime and its thugstrying to regain power through the military?


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My answers

Part I : A Revolution

not a coup and why.

Part II : Morsis One

year harvest

Part III: what did we do?

Our rationale ?

Part IV : The future


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Part I : Revolution and Not a coup


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When and how it started

Demonstrations against theconstitution : December 2012

So In response to Morsi

and his leaders insistence

on drafting and issuing aconstitution that was not

representative , the people

went down to the streets.

Peaceful demonstrations

by hundreds of thousands

of demonstrators

The writers and inteligenciademonstrations : May-June 2013

The appointed MB minister of

culture fired all progressive

employees, called for banning

ballet, stopped Opera

performance

Actors, Media , Writers etc

staged a sit in in front of the

Ministry Thousands joined them

worreid about the MB efforts

to erase the Egyptian identity.


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Peaceful demonstrations against the

Constitution: December 2012


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:

El Shatter: the

second manunder the

Morshid and

the real ruler

of Egypt

Those protestors are all Christians and are serving the Foreign

interests : therefore they are against Islam


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MB main preacher called for the killing of anti-Morsi

demonstrators


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: The famous MB TV anchor calling from his show for Jihad against

the demonstrators , who are all christians, around palace and

Tahrir who were rejecting the biased constitution


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MB party members arrested after attacking

demonstrators ; December 2012


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Attacks by MB

members on

women and

demonstrators

December 2012


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Attacks by MB

members on

women anddemonstrators

December 2012


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Morsis and MB Leaders: He and his group sieged the

Constitutional court December 2012 to prevent and

terrorize judges from passing an order dismantling

Shura Council


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The Rebel movement: April 2013 April 2013 a young man

and his team called for apopular signing of apetition for earlypresidential elections.

The movement was calledRebel and its symbol was a

red card similar to the cardused in football matches tooutset a troublesomeplayer

The 30th June ; the first yearanniversary for Morsi inpower was chosen toorganize a massivedemonstration of at least15 million people to call forearly Presidential elections

The logic was 12 millionvoted for him; then 15million will ask for hisresignation


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The Rebel movement 22 million people signed

the rebel authorizationdocument askingwithdrawal of their trustfrom Morsi and earlypresidential elections.

Between 32 and 34 million

Egyptians all across thecountry went down,starting the 28 Junethrough the 4th July

MB leaders and Morsi

refused the request for

early presidential elections MB leaders, their MB

preachers and Morsi went

on TV calling for Jihad

against the infidels and the

Christians who were

demonstrating all over the

country

Morsis reaction


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:If the people and military in

Germany or Italy of the 1930s

had similarly understood the

need to aim for the head,

ELECTED LEADERS like HITLERand MUSSOLINI might never

have remained in power as long

as they did.

M El Beltagy who

threatened the

revolutionaries and thearmy to turn Egypt and

Sinai into hell if we do not

return Morsi to Power

Morsis and MB

Leaders


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Demonstrations of Pro Morsi raising Al

Qaida flag


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My answers

Part I : A Revolution not

a coup and why.


year harvest


Our rationale ?



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One year Harvest

After overthrowingHosni Mubarak, 12million Egyptianselected MohammedMorsi.

Unexpectedly, Morsipursued authoritarianrule, promoted

Islamisation andrejected socialpluralism.


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In Tahrir square, at the

beginning of his term,showing he is not wearing

a bullet proof vest

December 2012 Morsi

surrounded his palace

with barbed wires andconcrete walls and issued

his discriminatory

Constitution

Morsis Journey with the

people


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According to the

constitution Morsi had to

take an oath to protect

the constitution and the

rule of law

By failing to do so and byproducing his

constitutional decree in

November 2012 he had

betrayed his oath

He undermined and

weakened the

constitutional court and

brought his own MB

Prosecutor

Undermining the rule of law and

weakening the constitutional

court


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More than 500 confessedTerrorists pardoned and

released by Morsi;

32 Terrorist organization and

their leaders allowed to return

from Afghanistan and Albania (elzawahry)

Hamas protected from

prosecution for kidnapping and

killing Egyptian soldiers

Sinai turning into a hotbed forJihadists

A man who was actively

involved in the 1997 massacre in

Luxor

Pardoning and

protecting Terrorists


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Not an inclusive Government or

Regime

Morsi stacked the government with MuslimBrotherhood members, and refused to workwith members of other parties since hiselection.

The countrys economic woes have deepened

under his leadership, with unemployment rates

soaring, food prices doubling, power outagesrolling, and fuel shortages driving manyEgyptians to despair.


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Morsis urged an Islamist

parliament to draft and

pass the countrys

foundational document in

a matter of days.

Minority groups,

including the countrysCoptic and evangelical

Christians, warned that

the rushed constitution

represented a majorthreat to minorities by

potentially enfourcing

Islamic law into public

life.


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Threatening independent Media

45 media public figures accused legally by the

President himself of insulting the president

Four main indpendent TV channels and their

owners harrassed by authorities

Allowing 17 religious and MB supported TV

channels to use hate language and inciting

followers against christians, women and

shiites with no prosecution


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: Another preacher announcing on TV that rigging any elections or voting

is a religious duty . Many Egyptians witnessed and reported major

rigging during the referendum on the Constitution in December 2012.

People lost their faith in elections and in the voting system

Rigging of elections

and referendums


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Morsi used his followers to terrorize

his critics

Demonstrating by MB

and Morsi supporters

against the freedom ofMedia and EL Watan.

Notice al Qaeda Flag


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My answers


a coup and why.


year harvest


Our rationale ?



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So how do we justify what happened

The Economist magazinerecently described Mr. Morsiselectoral dictatorship aszombie democracy.

Such a democracy looks like

the real thing because it haselections, but in truth is nomore than a hollow shellgoing through the motions.

Withoutdemocraticgovernance, power sharing

and checks and balances onexecutive authority, thewhole exercise amounts tolittle more than a sham.


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What is democracy? A true democracy should

emerge during elections and

grow after elections.

Elected governments should

respect the people andin

addition to paying back thepeople, they should also fight

for more supporters.

With tolerance and generosity,

the governments shouldpatchup the cracks formed during

elections and restore national

unity.


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What is democracy?

Democracy is a form ofgovernment in which alleligible citizens participateequallyeither directly or

through electedrepresentativesin the

proposal, development, andcreation oflaws. Itencompasses social,

economic and culturalconditions that enable thefree and equal practice of

political self-determination.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Form_of_governmenthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Form_of_governmenthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_freedomhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_freedomhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_freedomhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_freedomhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Form_of_governmenthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Form_of_government


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The origin : direct democracy

Several variants ofdemocracy exist, but there

are two basic forms, both ofwhich concern how the

whole body of all eligiblecitizens executes its will.

One form of democracy isdirect democracy, in whichall eligible citizens have

direct and activeparticipation in the

decision making of thegovernment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_democracyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_democracy


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The rule of the people

Athenian democracy

meant also : people

through the assembly,

and courts of lawcontrolled the entire

political process and a

large proportion of

citizens were involvedconstantly in the public

business.


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And that is what we did

32 million people went to the streets and chanted andcalled for the army to come to our rescue

Given the experience of attacks and violence by the MB

and its supporters against peaceful demonstrations and

given also the vocal threats by the MB leaders and

their preachers in a conference held by Morsi two

weeks before the D-day, the people of Egypt sought

out the army and hundreds of thousands went to the

ministry of defense and asked them to protect our

revolution .


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Egypts direct democracy

The experience ofEgypt could be takenas a lesson foremerging democraticcountries.

Elected governmentsshould not think thatthey could dowhatever they wantafter winning the

election and prioritizetheir own wills whileconstructing a newdynasty.


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My answers


a coup and why.


year harvest


Our rationale ?



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By Tuesday afternoon, CopticPope Tawadros II had joined ameeting of military leaders, atop Islamic cleric, andsecularist opposition groups todiscuss a political road mapafter Morsis potentialdeparture. The Coptic popespresence at the high-levelgathering marked anunprecedented level ofinfluence for the Copticpopulationan often-persecuted minority.

The temporary President is aConstitutional judge, theDeputy is a Nobel Prizewinner: El Baradai

We have a technocratic

cabinet with 3 women and oneChristian man as Ministers

The constitutional declarationannulled all Morsisdiscriminatory laws anddecrees

A committee to form a morerepresentative constitution isbeing formed

How are we ruled now : the

After math


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