Mubarak deposed

I was tuning in to the continuing coverage of Al Jazeera English when the presenter announced that Hosni Mubarak, president of Egypt stepped down. The Egyptian people were shouting, singing and crying in jubilation. I myself was thankful that finally, the Egyptians got what they wished for. In fact, I shed a few tears of joy myself.

I had a feeling that Hosni Mubarak doesn’t really want to stay. He was just forced by the United States to hold on to his seat. As you are well aware, US invested heavily in Egypt in term of Military Aid. They’re afraid that when Mubarak leaves, they’ll have to deal with new Egyptian head of state may not be very friendly to the US and Israeli’s interest. The US has been supporting dictators all over the world just to further their interest. They are also known to depose leaders that don’t support them. It happened to Marcos and Saddam Hussain. In the end, the Egyptians were able to topple a dictator without the pressure and interference from the US and the western world.

So, what’s next after the greatest Arab uprising in the history? It is still unclear what’s going to happen after Mubarak handed over the power to the Army. There will definitely be election and hopefully, a free and fair one. People Power has evils. It’s not entirely a fairy tale. It did not work in the Philippines because fast-forward 25 years after the EDSA revolution, we’re still poor and corrupt. We still elect unqualified and corrupt leaders. Hopefully, Egypt will learn from us. Inshallah!