Dear Yero,So sad for ordinary Egyptians who paid with blood and sweat to see Mubarak packing. I don't thing there is anyone that is surprised about this development and the same Egyptians who encouraged the military to go against Morsi also bears part of the blame.The overturning of justice have been the norm everywhere a counter revolution had succeeded. What is happening in Egypt is a class struggle between the Mubarakists, the military, the Islamists and the democrats and the poor Egyptian majority.But for precedence, that have been set ages ago before this show in Cairo. Just dig into Haitian political history from the Duvaliers to the final removal of Aristide from power. 
Nyang 

 

     On Saturday, November 29, 2014 9:43 PM, Y Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
   
 

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Subject: Egypt’s Dangerous Precedence: Hosni Mubarak
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 20:01:14 -0600

#yiv6165998100 #yiv6165998100 --.yiv6165998100ExternalClass .yiv6165998100ecxhmmessage P {padding:0px;}#yiv6165998100 .yiv6165998100ExternalClass body.yiv6165998100ecxhmmessage {font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;}#yiv6165998100 Egypt’s DangerousPrecedence: Hosni MubarakBy YeroJallow. It is nervebreaking to see Egypt setting dangerous precedence. According to news report onCNN online (www.cnn.com, culled from the webon 11/29/2014, http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/29/world/meast/egypt-mubarak-trial/index.html?hpt=hp_t2),a court in Egypt has acquitted Egyptian former criminal ruler, Hosni Mubarak.It sends a wrong message to the rest of the African oppressors sitting on thehigh chairs and continually enjoying the limelight.   In Januaryof 2011, many people hailed the Egyptian people, for doing what was thoughtfullya people revolution to rid the old oppressing regime of Hosni, a man that ruledfor 3 decades with iron fist. One thing I would have accepted is a South Africantype of reconciliation, to encourage unity, and pave the future forEgyptians.  I am not saying that for 3decades, Hosni didn’t do anything good, but most Egyptians were left to Hosni’spolitical whims and caprices, and that is obvious. From the judiciary, somehealing and hope was expected, or at least a restoration of some of worst lawbreakages that wrecked the African continent for so long under some of itsworst criminal rulers. But here aresome wrongs in this precedence. The Justicesystem shouldn’t have reduced itself so low, to where such a long time leadingoppressor will go scot-free without being pinned on his wrongs. A justicesystem must be dependable and earn the trust of citizens. If trust is lacking,then that justice system will not represent its citizens. It is not uncommonfor a 3 decade old regime to have loyalists, or even some of their own seedswithin the corrupted judiciary, who after all, will also like to protect theirown images and keep their cupboard’s skeletal nibs continually sealed. It alsomeans Egypt’s yearn for liberation is yet to be seen, as the latest ruling, islikely to spark some more citizen demonstrations. What the courts are nowtelling the whole world is that the millions of citizens that spoke with theirhearts lied about Hosni. How all these millions could be wrong certainly beatsmy imagination. What messagedoes this send to the outside world? How about other Oppressing rulers like YayaJammeh, the self-acclaimed herbalist and one time wrestler of Gambian fame? Thisruling is a dangerous precedence. Other African rulers sitting on knife edgesare likely to take this as yet another opportunity to justify their continuedwrong doings on their citizens. “Get a bigger crown” is all I hear rocking someof their ears, as they recharge and brace for more years to lead withoppression. The lack of term limits in political leadership positions, as wellas the greed loaded in some of these souls is all you need to know to startkeeping yourself away from the treachery. I think the political hypocrisyeverywhere plays a part. Normally people who are close to leaders enjoy byvirtue of the temporal gains as in money, exercise of authority, politicalappointments and even the societal pride of their crowns and fame. For them tolet go, it becomes so hard. Their families and friends equally enjoy thetransmitting wave of goodness, and they too, are leap-sealed, as they don’tlike to be seen as either the jealous midgets or the ones to alarm the bells onleadership excesses. Whatever it is, the political idiots are the firstwitnesses to their wrongs, and for example, in our own Gambia no-problem, weare sitting on a ticking time bomb. So you ask yourself of neutrality? Politicalrighteousness? Bishop Tutu of South Africa will tell you to tell the heavymighty elephant to remove its hooves from the rat’s tail, otherwise, how couldsuch an oppressing relationship be championed as neutral, just and equal. It iscertain that the environment was the least favorable for such criminal rulers,and their octopus tentacles are almost hanging loose, in-between coma and death,so essentially anything to justify their ways of reign, they will hold ontowith grace. Inconclusion, justice is supposed to serve and represent, to heal and providegrounds for reconciliations, as well as to punish the wrong doers. I am justsaying that Egypt has set a very dangerous precedence and this is certainly aslap on all of our faces.  In typicaldictatorships, the justice systems truly failed its citizens. It is a heartbreaker,after all, some of the politicians usually involved, are themselves out forfame or positions. They enjoy the continued political hostility whilepositioning themselves for power. They neither care for their country nor thecountry men. Give them power, give them money, and give them positions andnothing matters after that, as they will blindly support no matter who isaffected. African sons and daughters must not be intimidated by the cowardiceor the Egypt’s failure to represent; rather citizens should take the challengeto yearn for proper power and true representation, as it is Africans that cansolve their problems. 

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