Egyptians’ Will Was Stolen Once, Such Move Not Allowed to Happen: MP

There will be no protests in Egypt today, Friday, as all the traitors had already fled the country, said Member of Parliament Dr. Tarek Radwan.

Radwan, who leads the African Affairs Committee at House of Representatives, told SEE that he does not expect serious response to the protests’ calls that some pro-Muslim Brotherhood group have called for.

“Egypt is bigger than this nonsense,” Radwan added.

He stressed that the Egyptians would not be affected by “such calls”, noting that “traitors living in exile cannot influence people toppled tyrants in June 30 Revolution.”

“The Egyptian will was stolen in 2011 and the people’s revolution was kidnapped, but this does not change the fact that Egyptians won’t give up,” the parliamentarian asserted.

June 30… Popular Protests in Egypt?

Some still doubt the motives behind the second popular uprising that took place less than three years since January 2011. Some others have frequently accused Egypt of imposing restrictions on the freedom of expression and human rights violations.

One of the Brotherhood’s allegations is that the people’s will that was witnessed in the streets calling for the overthrow of Mohamed Morsi in June 2013 was actually a military coup.

[caption id="attachment_79705" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Protesters holding a poster opposing Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi shout slogans against him and brotherhood members during a protest at Tahrir square in Cairo June 30, 2013. REUTERS-Mohamed Abd El Ghany[/caption]

Coup d'état refers to a “sudden defeat of a government through illegal force by a small group, often a military one” according to the Cambridge dictionary.

On the contrary, the Cambridge dictionary defines ‘revolution’ as “a change in the way a country is governed, usually to a different political system and often using violence or war,” and this reflects the June 30 case.

When Egyptians chanted “bread, freedom, and social justice,” the main demands of the January 25 revolution in 2011, they thought their demands would be easily met by the Muslim Brotherhood group which “stole the revolution from the youth” as observers described then. However, the three demands were not met by the first elected administration of the MB, which is currently outlawed in Egypt and other Arab countries.