(MENAFN- Arab Times) 
Yusuf Awadh Al-Azmi
'The politics in our countries
manipulates justice, discipline and morals to such an extent that I seek refuge
in Allah! This is horrible.' – Tawfiq Al-Hakeem.
A few days ago, the former
Egyptian president Mohammad Morsi passed away during his trial in Cairo.
Death is a divine decision. We
can do nothing about it except pray for that good man during a part of his life
that was an unforgettable page in the history of Egypt, a page that has been
written and will never ever be ignored.
Actually, I will not talk for or
against the situation back then, as what was done is done, and the power went
to another president. This is life and this is the way of governance, where
survival is for the most powerful, most intelligent and most resourceful.
Here, I will not talk about
morals, principles or values. Such principles are judged and defined by the
most powerful who managed to take power and control the decisions. Perhaps
history will judge him in the future. History has plenty of similar incidents,
and affirms that the umpire's chair is not necessarily occupied by the most
efficient but the most powerful.
I am not talking here about the
language of the jungle but I am presenting a very realistic speech. Political,
social, cultural contexts affirm what I want to say. Dealing with a state that
used to be ruled by military regime for decades and all of a sudden had started
witnessing justice and free elections which resulted in civil governance was
like a sweet fairy dream that is very difficult to come true.
Hosni Mubarak ended his 30-year military-like
rule when he stepped down as president. Due to the long term, people had become
accustomed to such type of governance especially since Mubarak was the third
president in a line of three military presidents started with president Jamal
Abdul Nasser followed by president Anwar Al-Sadat. They represented the same
regime despite the small differences that were only in the details but they
shared the same headline.
The dilemma that Morsi faced was
the presence of the military council which managed the transition period after
Mubarak stepped down. It was this military council that handed over the power
to Morsi after declaring him winner of the presidential elections organized in
2012. The problem was that he did not deal in a smart way with the military
council, which was considered like the real ruler even after Morsi received his
presidential position. Such a type of governance where the civil president is
in the forefront but the military engine stays in the background exists in some
other countries. Many believe that such a relationship resembles the marriage
of convenience and cannot last for long, since a ship cannot be navigated by
two captains.
The period of tenure of Morsi
revealed that a collision was going to occur. Morsi relied on his religious and
political party which obtained the votes of a large number of Egyptian
citizens. However, his way of approaching issues did not meet that period's
requirements.
I am not going to criticize or
provide solutions. I just want to convey my impressions about a rare event
represented by an Egyptian president coming to power via rare and unprecedented
elections in terms of justice and freedom until he was deposed, detained and
sued over a number of accusations, some of which have many question marks.
The man has passed away (We pray
Allah will forgive him). Without getting into any enquires about his death, I
would like to ask frankly if the Muslim Brotherhood Group is still in enmity
with the ruling regime or will it deal with the regime in the future on a
pragmatic basis since the regime is a real fact.
I also want to ask if the Muslim
Brotherhood Group is ready for any dramatic future scenarios that the
international stage might witness with changes in some situations. Such changes
might negatively affect the relations between the Muslim Brotherhood Group and
their prominent supporters, namely Qatar and Turkey.
The Muslim Brotherhood Group is
one of the most well organized political parties. Most of its activities were
carried out in the shadow due to which it has become part of the habits of this
group to work well in the shadow away from the open fields. That is why when
Muslim Brotherhood Group moved to work in public, the traces of shadow were
seen on their performance, revealing a large part of their attitude and leading
their brightness to fade away. The reason for this is that this group did not
accumulate enough experience that would enable them to work in public and deal
with the so-called 'deep state', which managed to defeat them since it
controlled everything on the ground. That is why the experience did not last
for long and Muslim Brotherhood Group are back in the shadow and behind bars.
I once again stress that I am
neither for nor against when I say the experience of the Turkish President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Freedom Party is the best because of
its realistic nature and the shrewd way of dealing with the participating
official bodies. This way led Erdogan and his companions to take control of the
entire state.
May Allah show mercy to the late
president Mohammad Morsi, who will be mentioned in history as the first
Egyptian to lead Egypt through free elections. He also served as an example
that deserves to be studied during the short period he ruled Egypt.
Twitter - @alzmi1969
By Yousef Awadh Al-Azmi
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