23/5/2012 In the days leading up to the presidential election, we began hearing members of some groups saying: “If we don’t win the election, it must have been rigged!” More voices added: “And then we will flock to Tahrir Square and elsewhere to ignite fires!” I was deeply disappointed to find among these some Muslim...
Author: Aly El-Samman
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The role of the media in exposing electoral abuses
23/5/2012 Many reports of electoral abuses have surfaced, such as those that describe Islamic groups going into villages, hamlets and slums with huge quantities of food, such as potatoes, oil and sugar and sometimes even money, to distribute to the poor people to buy their votes. (When I say “Islamic groups” I distinguish between those...
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No coup d’etat in Egypt!
23/6/2012 Today in an interview with the largest cable news channel in France, LCI (The News Chanel), I took serious issue with the American and European media that describe the constitutional addendum issued by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) as a coup d’état. I firmly believe that SCAF took these measures to...
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Security and stability
27/6/2012 I would like to offer some advice to President Morsy regarding the reform of the Ministry of Interior: avoid the spirit of revenge in dealing with it, and act in the spirit of a statesman who is aware of the need for the police forces to protect the security of citizens. Those policemen who are...
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National reconciliation
27/6/2012 It would be great if President Mohamed Morsy makes good on his promises to extend a hand to everyone, without exception, and to make sure that vengefulness is a thing of the past for it is not in the country’s best interests. This would include approaching all those who have experience and take benefit...
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Economy, investment, tourism and employment
27/6/2012 We have been desperately waiting for the economy to become the absolute priority to this country, for we cannot allow the stagnation to go on any longer. To stimulate investment at home and abroad, we need to reassure the investors of the constancy of the tax laws and regulations, and we need to restore...
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Those who deserve honor today
27/6/2012 Thinking back on the period preceding the announcement of the results of the presidential election, those who conducted fierce campaigns of slander and negativity against the main bodies in charge of the process should now feel shame. In spite of the skepticism aimed at them, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), the...
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Evacuate Tahrir Square… and go to work!
4/7/2012 The story of Tahrir Square and the January 25 Revolution that changed our political system is now part of our contemporary history. However, the identity of Tahrir square has changed now that the revolutionaries have been replaced by street vendors and criminals who have neither respect, nor dignity, nor hygiene. The square has been...
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Giving due recognition
4/7/2012 Last week, Mohamed Morsy took the presidential oath twice; first, in Tahrir Square, and then before the general assembly of the Supreme Constitutional Court. The new president appears to have made a successful compromise between the legitimacy of the law and the legitimacy of the revolution. Personally, I see no contradiction between the two...
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President Nasser and the United States
11/7/2012 President Nasser’s experience with the U.S. is an excellent history lesson for young people who were not yet born during Nasser’s era because it is key to interpreting recent developments between Egypt and America. At the time of the 1952 Revolution the U.S. ambassador to Egypt was Jefferson Caffery, a high-ranking diplomat. Caffery was...