#Jan25 #Egypt من أجل ثورة كاملة – For a Complete Revolution

If you do not know the purpose of Friday, 25 February's one million march, if you do not know why the Tahrir youth are still protesting, or if you do not know why the revolution is still incomplete, please read the communiqué below and watch the video at the end of this post.

 

Marwa Rakha

Our trust in the Egyptian military forces, which is based on their patriotic stance during the revolution, is a constant that no one is allowed to doubt or question. We are fully aware of the presence of counter forces working on sabotaging the demands of the revolution, trying to escape punishment for their corruption, and aiming at restoring the old regime back in power; hence we want to emphasize the fact that our revolution is continuous and that we stand by our demands in respect to the people's and the martyr's sacrifices.

First: Total denouncement of all attempts to keep Prime Minister's Ahmed Shafik's illegitimate cabinet in power; the cabinet that lost its legitimacy the day the people started their revolution on January 25 demanding the toppling of the president and his regime! This cabinet swore an oath of allegiance in front of a Prime Minister who was appointed by an ousted president! The cabinet is as illegitimate as it's prime minister and his former president – president Mubarak.

Second: Putting the current constitution on hold is not a substitute for the main demand of the revolution: The current constitution has to be nullified completely. For the time being, a temporary constitutional document can be issued with the amended constitutional clauses after they have been approved by the people in an open referendum supervised by the judiciary system. Over an above, all internationally approved human rights principles are to be an inseparable part of this constitutional document. This document is temporary until an elected committee formulates a new constitution that satisfies the aspirations of Egyptians for a civil democratic country ruled by institutions. This demand is of utter importance because abiding by the current constitution is an open backdoor for the previous regime's watchdogs to come back in power through its loopholes.

Third: All attempts to bypass the popular demand of immediate investigations and due punishment of the elements of the police forces who were responsible for bloodshed, death, or maiming of Egyptians whether by giving or obeying orders of using violence against unarmed protesters. For example, the latest interviews of current Minister of Interior, Mahmoud Wagdy, reflect such attempts to burry the police force's bloody hatchet by denying any violence used by security forces during the first ten days of the revolution. Trust between Egyptian citizens and the security forces will not be restored unless the current security apparatus is purged!

Fourth: All oppressive security bodies have to be invalidated namely the infamous state security apparatus that is renowned for its countless crimes against humanity over the past 30 years under the rule of the toppled president Mubarak. All other divisions and departments of the Ministry of Interior need restructuring specially the prisons sector noted for its continuous human rights breeches (AMNESTY) and the Criminal investigations unit known for using torture to coerce suspects into confessions.

Fifth: The immediate release of those who were unlawfully detained by various security bodies and investigating the cases of kidnapping and disappearances of citizens which leads Egyptians to doubt the seriousness of any promises of their release.

Sixth: This communiqué is also an official declaration of solidarity with the lawfully justified demands of Egyptian laborers and workers and their current strikes and demonstrations to have those demands met. Specially that their legitimate demands are the basic rights to increase their minimum wages and to purge their respective organizations of corrupt elements; their demands are the same as those of the revolution: Freedom, Change, and Social Justice. Laborers are kindly requested to coordinate their strikes in manner that does not impact the productivity of their factories – like those in the city of Mahalla who managed to get their demands met yet maintaining their overall efficiency.

Finally, the people behind this communiqué would like to highlight that the revolution and the martyrs of the revolution are the only reference to measure the decisions of the Military Council against; thus, any decisions that are not aligned with the demands of the revolution are void and illegitimate.