Despite the fact that I did not like President Mursi at all I thought it would a good chance to expose the Brotherhood for the people to see but what happened in Egypt has no description but a military coup! I know Mursi abused the power of his office specially when there was no legislative power to oppose him or keep him in check and even if there was one most likely it will be dominated by his own party!
what happened in Egypt is short term gain for long term loss. I have always been an advocate for letting Political Islamist to reach power via election and let them role and experience the burdens of governing people, that is the best way to expose their empty promises and their hypocrisy. In addition it prevent them from taking the violent rout to reach power when they see it is a fair game and the people are the ones who decided who is staying in power and who is leaving.
I hope the leadership of the Muslim brotherhood are wise enough to control their membership and accept defeat and go back to the drawing board and evaluate what went wrong. Do not write them off yet, most likely they will win a reasonable quota of any coming parliament as long as it is free and fair.
This impact Sudan quite significant! NCP and Bashir saw in Mursi a window of hope and an ally for them against ICC and a way out of their isolation. They were quite cautious in commenting about events in Egypt but you can feel the disappointment in their faces. This is not a good thing for Sudan. many commentator on the Sudan and in fact some Islamists did refer to Egypt Muslim Brotherhood experiment as an example of how if you are patient and invested at the level of the grass root and in Democracy you will eventually reach your goal but I am sure now they will stick to their guns and be more aggressive dealing with civil society! they will say no benefit in going the deåmocracy rout becuse it never pays out and you will be forced out by force.
I hope things in Egypt seatle down quickly in terms of an elected civilian government as soon as possible.
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