EGYPT: THE COST OF SILENCE

PRESIDENT MOHAMMAD MORSI OF EGYPT

Keeping silent in the face of tyranny and injustice is the hallmark of cowardice. When those who are expected to stand up for truth when it matters most decide to maintain silence or feign indifference, then, the entire humanity is in trouble. In this kind of atmosphere, the tyrants-individuals and nations-will trampled mercilessly and with impunity upon the rights of the masses. They will not stop at that. They will turn their lives into expendable commodities at will.

The above aptly explains the scenario now as events continue to unfold in Egypt after the infamous U.S-backed and Gulf monarchs-endorsed ouster of the country’s first freely elected democratic President on July 3, 2013.

Personally, I never expected anything short of what the self-acclaimed champion of democracy and human right, United States, is currently exhibiting. It is no surprise at all. The country has proved over the years that its democratic postures are only a façade to deceive the world. It has different standards for different countries base on its usually selfish and ego-tending interests. No need to expound more on this. 

The world knows where the U.S stands on the issue of Egypt’s coup, which it after all, sponsored.

Other allies of the U.S on their parts have been shouting in deafening silence in their condemnation of the coup. Like their America counterpart, they have not come out categorically to describe the charade as a coup. They continue to urge for a return to democratic path without calling for the reinstatement of the ousted President.

Except Turkey, Tunisia, Sudan, Nigeria and few other respectable countries that spoke loudly and continue to reject the coup, all others have maintained silence.

It is worthy of note the silence of the powers-that-be and the indifference of the Gulf Monarchs is undoubtedly laying a precedent, a dangerous one for that matter. Their actions is now a license for other potential coup plotters to come on stage especially in a continent like ours that has a rich history of undemocratic take-over of power. 

It will not be any surprising if the military in Greece, Bulgaria and other European states where citizens are protesting austerity measures introduced by their governments to improve battered economies, sack the governments. It will also not be unjustifiable for such military to kill and harass citizens who dare challenge them. Yes, this is because, a precedence has been laid in Egypt and justified by the United States of America as ‘expression of people’s will.’

PROTEST IN SUPPORT OF PRESIDENT MORSI

Let me state that those who refuse to speak up now may regret not doing so in not too distant future. What has happened in Egypt is a clear case of injustice. Attempt to call it another name, as being done by the U.S, is tantamount to standing the truth on it head.

One thing I know is that the cradle of civilisation will bounce back and when it does, it is only those who stood by it genuinely now that will stand tall among the true leaders of mankind.