It is said that there are efforts being exerted by
some intellectually and politically prominent figures to establish a front for
rescue and change… I am lucky to know most if not all of those respected people…
some of them enjoy a distinguished reputation in their field and all of them
participated in the social political movement that led to January 2011
revolution… also, some of them contributed to the preparation of June 2013
revolution.
First, I would like to say that no one has to the
right to speak against the opinion or activity of anyone else… and it is not
likely that someone believes himself, his ideology or his true political
doctrine is the only right one and regards others as Aghyiars or Goy
as the Jewish doctrine say… I would like also to add that as long as one
dedicated himself to a public mission and made himself a preacher for rescue
and change, then he has to accept criticism and commit to being completely explicit.
Rescue from what?... and change to what?... this is
the preliminary question that necessitates defining the terms to indicate their
true meanings… and if those who raised such slogans have specific meanings,
they have to explain them.
Furthermore, is there a relation between the current
argument taking place in some circles of political activists around what is
called reconciliation with muslim brotherhood and this attempt of rescue and
change?... to be more specific, has there been any dialogue, talks and signs of
communication between those calling for rescue and muslim brotherhood group
through certain channels?... and what limit does such dialogue or communication
have if it exists?
In this regard, have there been any regional or
international communications between those calling for rescue and change and
other official parties in the region like the Qatari regime for example… or
political parties like an-Nahda party in Tunisia… or with democracy and human
rights NGOs?... the same thing applies on the international level as there are
activists opposing the regime in Egypt and who reside in the United States, the
European Union and Britain.
These questions look as if they instigate two options…
the first is to push the regime in Egypt through its institutions and entities
to deal with such attempt before it gets stronger and turns into more
widespread actions amid the social and economic circumstances… the second is to
open the door for war between supporters of the current situation and callers
for such attempt to go into a dilemma of controversy either by attacking and
defending or attacking and counter attacking in order to foil such attempt.
Actually and frankly, the aim of those lines is
totally different… the aim is to appeal to those calling for rescue and change
to explore – and many others will follow them if they did – another way for
rescue and change other than this one that was proved many times to be a
failure.
The way I think is working is to set off by having a
mission schedule that has to do with the Egyptian social, intellectual, and
cultural composition and creating a well-connected multi-centred strong neural
network with a main target – and nothing else – that is the comprehensive
renaissance of Egypt by rescuing what is left of resistance by its people to
oppose the various kinds of underdevelopment like poverty, ignorance, diseases,
and negativity… and to stand against the dismantle and fragmentation that took
place.
I invite you to embarrass the regime by tackling
profound spreading comprehensive national missions in the countryside, deserts,
urbans, cities, and slum areas… only then, no one can prevent this mission… but
reproducing the same media and political discourse produced by the same figures
before… and reproducing the same mission again; that is to destabilize the
regime and push it to tighten its media and security fist in order to reach a
deadlock like what happened before with those who preceded it… I think that
will be of no use and will lead only to the same results like before.
Let us conduct the mission even if not in a written
agreement… let the presidency and government go on their national missions that
accomplish tremendous achievements… and let the others tackle parallel national
missions that need strenuous efforts over decades… atop of those missions is
gaining back the behavioral, intellectual, and cultural composition of the
Egyptian conscience… as all attempts for rescue and change that stayed limited
to meetings, conferences, and exchanging papers among the “crème de la crème”,
will lead to nothing but more alienation of people away from this “crème”
figures.
Finally, I would like to quote a comment said by one
interested in the pubic national affairs… he said it after he reviewed the
names of the respected gentlemen heading this attempt of rescue and change… he
said: “if I were in the regimes’ shoe, I would have paid massive amounts of
money for those people to go on and declare themselves… as frankly, they are
the most important reason lying behind why people refuse rescue and change”.
Translated into English by: Dalia Elnaggar
This article was published in
Al Ahram newspaper on September 28, 2017.
To see the original article,
go to:
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