The present situation prevailing in Egypt is disquieting. Thanks to the diabolical machinations of western anti-Islam forces, the opponents of President Mohamed Morsi are making desperate attempts to fail the nascent democracy that has been trying to move forward as a result of the revolution after six decades of ruthless rule by military dictators. Having clues of ‘conspiracy’ to unsettle the Freedom and Justice Party government and abort the process of drafting the national charter, President Morsi issued a constitutional decree in the larger interests of the nation as well as the revolution. But this decree gave a chance to his opponents to create mayhem and vandalism in the country as per the plan of the ‘conspiracy’. This is despite President Morsi’s appeal to the opponents to go for dialogue on all contentious issues and his efforts to convince them that all presidential decrees would be null and void as soon as the new constitution comes into effect following the 15 December referendum and new parliament takes oath after the general elections in March next year.
This ‘conspiracy’ would have remained under the carpet had the London-based TV channel Al-Hiwar not revealed it confirming a secret meeting between Amr Mousa, a Presidential aspirant of Egypt, and Tzipi Livni, former Foreign Minister of Israel at Ramallah 10 days before Israeli attack on Gaza. Livni reportedly made a direct request to Mousa to create instability in the internal affairs of Egypt in view of the upcoming general elections in Israel. This is a brazen interference of Israel in the internal matters of its neighbouring country.
Seen in the light of this ‘conspiracy’, the present unrest in Egypt is the handiwork of the remnants of Mubarak regime at the behest of foreign powers. This is unbefitting and unbecoming for President Morsi’s opponents, especially Amr Mousa and El-Baradei, to create chaos and anarchy in their own land to serve foreign interests and thus replicate the tyrannical former regime with all its notorious despotism and repression. This unrest has claimed nine precious lives and rendered over 700 persons injured. This is a great loss of the nation.
The present crisis in Egypt requires sincere dialogue aimed at building a homeland. All the parties should take this crisis as a national issue and strive for its resolution, rising above their factional, sectorial and political ambitions. They should get the new constitution approved and accepted overwhelmingly through referendum on 15 December and prepare for the next general elections. This is the only way to establish peace and stability in Egypt.