Omar Suleiman has just spoken. If one had no knowledge of the reality and the past, if one hasn't seen what was happening in Cairo and Alexandria in these 8 last days, one might have the impression, that "suddenly, the peace loving and democratic state was infiltrated by the subversive, and thinking only about the destruction conspiracy, and the surprised and unsuspected anything, honest government was only misunderstood even though they acted as well as they could to protect people...".
Yesterday the Premier of the Great Britain, David Cameron named the occurrences in Egypt as despicable and prompted the Mubarak's regime to a fast power transfer. He was backed by the Secretary general of the UN.
Vice President Suleiman's answer to this pressure and the carnage on the Tahrir Square yesterday is only a DENIAL and misrepresentation of the reality. We heard such reactions uttered by the representatives of the falling regimes everywhere in the world, Chile, Haiti, all regimes of the Communist Block. Facing the peoples wrath, they were all, in unison, denying what was already obvious for every observer in the world - their time was over.
Egyptian VP in the long interview (it's still on while I write these words) stated that the youth had a legitimate demands (which were met by the President) and after the demonstrations filled the streets, the government delegated the Army to uphold the order and prevent the clashes. The Army, according to Suleiman were doing a good job - it's not what we saw on the TV screens - the Army was buttoned up inside their personnel carriers and tanks and did NOTHING to prevent any unruly behavior.
VP repeated the same line as the President stated promising the democratic elections and the immediate talks with all the fractions of the opposition. The VP asked the protesters to disperse, since their demands were heard very loud and clear and they will be acted upon as soon as this uprising is over. However positive this angle might be - this time if given to the government (and I may safely put a wager on it) it will make the apparatus of repression even stronger.
Vice President Suleiman, when commenting the clashes escalated from the peaceful demonstrations blamed flatly the subversive elements agitated by the foreign influences and the satellite TV. He denied any responsibility for sending the countless crowd of the hired thugs to the streets to stir up the demonstrations and orchestrate the confrontation. As I wrote in the previous posts, some commentators claim that as much as a million of "thugs" might be on 'stand by' and used at will by the government to make their point heard louder and more organic. Demonstrators talked openly about the former elections which were rigged with use of this kind of thugs to steal the election boxes and disturb the people who decided to vote. This kind of policy, again, is very well known from every totalitarian country in the World, where the governmental upper hand is demonstrated in a policy of intimidation and repression.
Suleiman promised a swift and precise investigation to find all the people responsible for the failure of the police to insure the peaceful behavior and prevent the looting and the damage. He promised a fast and profound investigation to find and severely punish all who were responsible for all the damage and also all who were responsible (on both sides) for the fight and damage on Tahrir Sq. Unfortunately when the government throws into the same sack all participants, those who were peaceful and had to protect themselves and those hired thugs who were attacking the protesters - it's the same repression machine which we have seen over and over again throughout the years.
Very soon the government found 'a fall guy' (in this case many) freezing the assets and the passports of many previous members of the government (former Interior Minister, etc.). It's also a very often used trick used to channel, and stupefy the nation's reaction.
The people on the street do not trust the corrupted and compromised political figures in Egypt (Suleiman is not a new face, he's a long time crony of the President). They hear the same message in the words of the VP as I heard - the promise of the mass repressions - and back to normal - even if the elections take place - the government will have enough time to rig them up again, and get rid of the opposition.
ONLY THE INTERIM GOVERNMENT (whoever is in it) may now solve the problem and give the HOPE for the future.
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