Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Three questions: Egypt's transition


Al Jazeera's senior political analyst evaluates the speed and efficacy of the transition to democracy.

Marwan Bishara



".....How will the revolution attain its goals?

If the foremost winners from the revolution, peoples' power and democracy, are to succeed, the revolutionaries must stay steadfast and continue to apply pressure for change.

Future praise of the military should be conditional on its performance
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The revolution has accomplished so much, but serious challenges lie ahead. It's no picnic reversing decades of stagnation, corruption and nepotism.

They need to convince the military that they seek not merely cosmetic reform that encourages passivity and defuse the revolutionary spirit for change, nor mere change of faces and titles. Rather, they seek to wipe the table clean of the old ways and means......"

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