2 avril 2011<\/a>, Patrick Cockburn d\u00e9crit une manifestation de protestation, vendredi au Caire. Le but des manifestants \u00e9tait de montrer leur inqui\u00e9tude, voire leur alarme concernant ce qu’ils estiment \u00eatre une menace contre les acquis de la r\u00e9volution de f\u00e9vrier.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\tLa situation telle qu’elle est d\u00e9crite en Egypte est qualifi\u00e9e de fluide. Il est \u00e9vident que les buts radicaux des r\u00e9volutionnaires n’ont pas \u00e9t\u00e9 rencontr\u00e9s par les militaires, mais il est tout aussi \u00e9vident que ces militaires ne veulent nullement s’opposer aux mouvements de protestation par crainte d’\u00e9v\u00e9nements violents. Il en r\u00e9sulte une situation d’incertitude, de fragilit\u00e9 ; si l’on ne peut parler de r\u00e9volution accomplie, on ne peut pas plus parler de contre-r\u00e9volution affirm\u00e9e. (Au reste, la r\u00e9volution n’ayant jamais \u00e9t\u00e9 accomplie, il ne peut \u00eatre question de contre-r\u00e9volution.) Cet \u00e9tat interm\u00e9diaire de d\u00e9sordre latent est, finalement, le meilleur garant du maintien de la tension au sein de la cha\u00eene crisique. C’est, \u00e0 notre sens, la meilleure situation possible pour faire \u00e9voluer les choses en profondeur ; l’essentiel est l’\u00e9rosion du syst\u00e8me Moubarak, enti\u00e8rement inf\u00e9od\u00e9 aux USA, et c’est effectivement le r\u00e9sultat souterrain de l’\u00e9volution actuelle parce que l’arm\u00e9e, elle-m\u00eame divis\u00e9e, n’a en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral aucun d\u00e9sir de perp\u00e9tuer ou de r\u00e9tablir ce syst\u00e8me.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\t\u00abDemonstrators fearful that the tide of revolution is on the ebb in Egypt staged a mass protest in Tahrir Square in Cairo yesterday to demand that a less authoritarian form of government be introduced. The protesters appeared to sense that political power is drifting away from them and the old system is reasserting itself as they gathered after Friday prayers beside the blackened hulk of the old headquarters of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00bbI am worried that there are so many forces against the revolution, mainly in the army, said Ahmed Maher, a 30-year-old civil engineer and coordinator of the 6 April Movement, a group that played a crucial role in organising the street protests that ended the rule of President Hosni Mubarak. He added: By demonstrating, we are showing our anger at what is happening. Egypt’s revolution is uncertain of its identity, or even if it really was a revolution. Mr Maher would prefer radical change but does not expect it. I realise the revolution will not bring a new Egypt, he says. We will have better people in charge and perhaps less corruption, but not a different system.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00bbMr Maher, who was jailed five times and tortured severely under the old regime, does not seem too downcast at present frustrations. The shadowy Supreme Council of the Armed Forces had failed to invite any of the radical groups to a dialogue, but he thought the political situation was fluid and the army would give ground under pressure. He said: They don’t want a clash with us.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00bbThere is a tug of war between the army and protesters over the degree to which the old authoritarian state should be dismantled. The army promises that the old Emergency Law will be abolished but not yet. Thousands of prisoners have been freed but nobody knows how many are still in jail. There are still 10-minute trials by military tribunals handing out long sentences. The media may be more free, but criticism of the military for torturing suspects remains a red line.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00bbAfter all, it was the army commanders, not protesters, who forced President Mubarak to stand down. What began as a revolution ended up as a military coup, says one foreign observer. The generals sacrificed the regime to save the state. One change that may be irreversible is that Egyptians, certainly in Cairo, are now politicised where they were once apathetic. Officials are no longer entirely above the law, nor are police officers who are accused of killing or injuring protesters<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n
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