What happened in the land of pharaohs is under-current yearning for change and democratic rule. In simple terms-Egypt is reborn.
The Tahrir Square-the epicenter of revolt has been cleaned up as the protestors slowly trudged to their homes. The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has stepped in to fill in the void as Hosni Mubarak fled the Cairo promising that the “current government and governors to manage affairs until the formation of a new government”
“The Arab Republic of Egypt is committed to all regional and international obligations and treaties,” a senior army officer said in a statement.
The Supreme Council swung into action immediately. The Parliament was dissolved and Constitution suspended. The Council has also given a solemn assurance that election would be held to usher in popularly-elected democratic government.
But there is lingering suspension that whether the Council honour it’s committed to the 80-million people who ousted Mubarak. The 16-man Council led by Defense Minister Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi , it is known is averse to democracy.
Given this situation, peoples fear, is to a certain extent justified, the Military might not relinquish power that easily with United States looking the other way, because, Egypt is a staunch ally in the Arab world.
Nevertheless, the uprising in Egypt has rocked the Arab world like never before. The people’s power to overthrow well-entrenched dictators all over the Islamic world is spreading like forest fire.
The Tsunami-like revolution started in tiny Tunisia. President Zine El Abidine fled the country after a month-long uprising.
Taking courage from the Egyptians, Algeria and Yemen followed as thousands took to the streets for mass protests. In the Algerian Capital, thousands participated in demonstations defying official clampdown for pro-reform, a day after Hosni Mubarak resigned as the Egyptian President.
The protestors raising slogans such as “No to the Police State”. The demanded reforms to usher in democracy but stopped short of demand for removing President Abdel Aziz Bouteflika.
Now it is turn of Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh to face the people’s wrath. Here it was youth power leading the march. They gathered in Central Sana demanding President Saleh to step down.
The protestors marched towards Sanaa University crying “Get out, Get out Ali”.
In Libya, Muammar Qaddafi who ruled with iron hand appeared rattled as a huge protest been planned for the second week of February.
The Morroccon Government has ordered troops out to cities as preventive measure to ensure that demonstrations do not take place. A pro-western government of Prime Minister Saad Hariri was overthrown and a Hizabollah backed government is in place in Lebanon and Jordanians have been on the street demanding bread and freedom.