فى محاولة لتصحيح الإعتقاد لدى عدد من الحكومات الأوروبية فيما يتعلق بالأحداث الجارية فى مصر، و التى صورتها بعض وسائل الإعلام الأجنبية على أنها إنقلاب عسكرى وليست ثورة شعبية ضد الرئيس السابق، الدكتور/ محمد مرسى، واصل إتحاد المصريين فى أوروبا مساعيه لتوضيح الصورة الحقيقية لما جرى فى مصر، حيث قررمجلس إدارة الإتحاد فى إجتماعه صباح الأمس برئاسة الدكتور/ عصام عبد الصمد، إرسال البيان الصحفى المرفق بالأسفل، وكذا تشكيل وفد من الإتحاد لمقابلة ومناقشة ما جاء فى البيان مع رئاسة الوزراء ووزارة الخارجية البريطانية، بالإضافة إلى 28 سفيراً من سفراء الدول الأوروبية فى لندن . هذا وقد تكون الوفد من السادة:

د. عصام عبد الصمد           (رئيس إتحاد المصريين فى  أوروبا)

المهندس/ جمال عبد المعبود  (نائب الرئيس لشئون اللجان)

د. أحمد سمير خير الله          (الأمين العام للإتحاد)

المهندس/ طاهر الشريف       (أمين لجنة الاستثمار بالإتحاد)


Some European governments are misled by wrong calls coming from biassed media in the Middle East region. Those European governments are obsessed by the idea that the army has come with a coup to oust ex-president Mohamed Morsi. The military intervention happened responding to the loud voice of people when the Egyptians took the streets in masses to aiming at removing the inefficient Islamic regime which led the country to the unknown.   

 

At the end of a 48-hour deadline given by the Armed Forces to President Morsi to resolve Egypt’s crisis and heed the calls of the Egyptian people to step down, Minister of Defence and Commander of the Armed Forces Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi called for meetings with representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), Tamarod (Rebel) campaign, ultra-conservative Salafist Nour Party, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, and Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II, as well as Mohamed ElBaradei, who was delegated by the 30 June Front and the National Salvation Front (NSF).

 

Earlier Wednesday, 3 July, Tamarod stressed its demands for Morsi to step down. At the same time, the National Alliance to Support Legitimacy refused any calls for negotiations with the army, calling any non-constitutional step a military coup.

It is crucially important to note that the army intervention should not be seen as a military coup. The army, and in no small measure, the police responded to calls from the Egyptian mass on the streets to end the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood. Various sources indicate that there were millions of people on the streets since Friday 28 June. The developments of the last few days are what so many in Egypt have wished for since January 2011, the rise of a new civilian and democratic Egypt. Nobody can – or should - ignore the sense of optimism amongst people in Egypt today.

 

The jubilant atmosphere translates into positive economic indicators. Unlike some reports issued by international media, Egypt is currently not suffering from any shortages of petrol, diesel oil, food supplies or energy resulting in electricity blackouts; issues that were so prevalent during the 1-year rule of former President Morsi. Morsi’s government did not appear to have a strategy to improve Egypt’s economic situation, a series of economic decrees issued and retracted led to a serious mistrust of Morsi’s capabilities to steer Egypt in the right direction towards economic recovery. Further presidential decrees and cabinet reshuffles guaranteed more power for the Muslim

Brotherhood in Egypt; many started comparing Morsi to Mubarak.

Egypt’s banks are open and ministries are working today. Egypt’s stock exchange is soaring; on 24 June EGX 30 closed at 4523.32 points. Yesterday it closed at 4971.06, and the increase shows no signs of abating. The market value of shares increased to 14.4 billion EGP during the first few minutes of the day.

 

 

Summary of the Army Announcement

  1. President Mohamed Morsi is ousted for failing to address the demands of the people of Egypt.
  2. Egypt’s constitution is temporarily suspended.
  3. The head of Egypt’s High Constitutional Court, Adly Mansour, is appointed as Egypt’s interim President.
  4. President Mansour has the right to issue constitutional declarations.
  5. Mansour is responsible for forming an efficient and effective interim technocrat cabinet.
  6. Mansour to prepare a media code of ethics.

 

 

We all hope that this initial sense of optimism will translate in short to medium term confidence in Egypt’s economy and increased political stability. The police, with the assistance of the army, have a strong grip on Egypt’s internal security situation despite attempts by some groups of pro-Morsi protestors to create unrest. If market confidence is maintained, this could lead to medium term positive developments, increase tourism and foreign investment into Egypt. Exports from Egypt should then witness an increase, inflation should start to ease and unemployment figures should drop.

 

 

Dr. Ahmed Khairalla

The General Secretary of the Egyptian association in Europe

 

Issued on 6/7/2013