The outside intrigue and later complete material backing of the 3 July coup makes it a long drawn battle to accomplish the return of democracy in Egypt, observes MOHAMMAD PERVEZ BILGRAMI
An online conversation with a senior
member of Foreign Affairs Committee of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the
political wing of now banned Muslim Brotherhood (MB), a few days ago ended with
the note: “However the coup has its failure seeds inside it; nothing is
predictable in a short period of time in Egypt. However I believe this battle
will be a long one as it is a regional and international battle, not a domestic
one.”
Egypt’s 3 July, 2013 coup that
ousted the country’s first democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi from
power has been a bloody, botched and impalpable move to dislodge the emerging
democratic system from the epic-center of the Arab world.
Egypt’s coup, despite its failures
and deep opposition from all sections of Egyptian society, is not a temporary
phenomenon. The global and regional powers that have orchestrated the coup
would not let the opportunity go away to strengthen the already reinstalled pro
status-quo deep state that ruled the country for decades.
The 3 July 2013 coup was not an
internal subject for the Egyptians to deal with. Moreover, the coup was an
international project of the United States (US), European Union (EU),
monarchies of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Israel and Russia to a certain extent.
Though Russia might not have actively participated in the orchestration of the
coup. We must remember that Muslim Brotherhood (MB) has been a banned
organisation in Russia where Russia’s Supreme Court outlawed the Muslim
Brotherhood from operating in Russia in 2003, describing it as a terrorist
organisation.
After MB’s ascendance to power in
Egypt, Russian authorities were in limbo as to what to do with the MB ban.
Egypt is a country that forms the backbone of the region’s anatomy;
status-quoits would do their best to keep Egypt in oblivion as they did with
three decades of Mubarak rule. Egypt under Mubarak got withered and had
willingly left the void in the region by surrendering its regional leadership.
International importance of Egypt is
largely for the sustenance of Israeli occupation of Palestine; pro-Israel Egypt
is a must for the endurance and longevity of Israel. The United States would do
everything to ensure the safety and security of Israel in the highly volatile
region.
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), a
bloc of Arab Gulf monarchies led by Saudi Arabia with loaded coffers, thanks to
fossil fuel exports, would do its best to keep Muslim Brotherhood from gaining
power in Egypt. Their fear is a parable of huge insecurity they have with the political
ascendance of MB in its birth place. If Brotherhood gains power in Egypt, it
will be a challenge for both Israel and Gulf Arab Sheikhdoms. Their own people
will question the usefulness of empires and kings with huge coffers when they
are not able to make even a convenient force to help the Arab victims of
Israeli aggression.
On 15 November it was reported that
the visit of Russian Foreign and Defence Ministers has strengthen the coup
regime and Russians have inked the deal to sell modern helicopters, air defence
system and maintenance of soviet military equipment in Egyptian inventory.
It is worth mentioning here that the
erstwhile Soviet Union, the predecessor of today’s Russia, was the strategic
partner and the largest arms supplier of Egypt under Nasser and was replaced by
the Americans after the signing of Camp David Accord in 1979.
United States Secretary of State
John Kerry, termed by many as one of the key master planners of Egypt’s coup,
on 20 November, for the first time candidly acknowledged US orchestration of
coup when he accused Muslim Brotherhood of ‘stealing’ the revolution in Egypt.
On 23 November Egypt’s junta regime
expelled Turkish ambassador in Cairo after Turkey’s continued anti-coup
postures. Turkish officials, especially Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
have strongly condemned the bloody military takeover, urging western and Muslim
countries to recognise it as “a coup.”
It is worth mention that Egypt has
lost many of its best brains during the military crackdown on protestors; numerous
entrepreneurs, university professors, medical professionals and technocrats
have been killed or fatally injured during anti-coup protests and sit-ins.
Egypt’s sporting icons are facing
bans for opposing the coup that will ultimately affect the performance of teams
and sports they represent for their country respectively. World Kung-fu gold
medalist Mohammed Yusuf was banned for two years for wearing Rabia-figured
shirt. Ahly’s striker Ahmed Abdul Zaher was also banned for gesturing
four-finger Rabia sign after striking goal in the final of African Champions’
League, Golden Boy of Egypt’s football. The gesture has become a symbol of
resistance to coup and solidarity with the imprisoned President Morsi. Abu
Treka was also fined for refusing to take medal after Ahly’s Africa cup
victory, from junta appointed Sports Minister.
In Egypt it’s all very strongly
linked with economy and bread or food on the table .It is a well-established
fact that Egypt is facing general strikes every day by its civil servants,
factory workers who are forced to go back to work by security forces without
salaries and wages for the last three months. Only military, police and other
security personnel are getting their, increased, salary on time. Despite all
the harsh realities that the coup has brought to ordinary Egyptians the
security and intelligence network of the junta regime with the help of
judiciary is extremely strong to sustain the prolonged coup.
It is significant to add here that
most of the Egypt’s anti coup leaders are either scientists, engineers or
medical professionals unlike pro-coupists who are mainly film artists, singers,
dancers and writers. Suffice it say here that the coup in Egypt is a
well-orchestrated plan of pro status-quo regional and global powers and the
fight against the annulment of coup is a long battle where economy and internal
security of the country is deteriorating by each passing day. The outside
intrigue and later complete material backing of the 3 July coup makes it a long
drawn battle to accomplish the return of democracy in Egypt.
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