Το άρθρο αυτό παρά το “ριζοσπαστικό δημοκρατισμό” του εξηγεί αρκετά καλά το μηχανισμό πρόσδεσης όλων των πολιτικών τάσεων της Αιγύπτου στην ιδεολογία του κράτους. Η κρίση στην Αίγυπτο παράγεται πλέον ως κρίση του κράτους και το “δημοκρατικό κίνημα” εγκλωβίζεται στο φαύλο κύκλο της διαχείρισης του κράτους ως ανικανοποίητου στόχου του κύκλου ταραχών που ξεκίνησε το 2011.
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An old and pernicious idea is back in circulation since the July 3 coup. It was a running theme in the military ruler’s speech on July 24 where he demanded a popular mandate to “confront terrorism.” Right on cue, government officials parroted it repeatedly in their stern warnings to dissenters. Pro-military activists, politicians, and intellectuals happily invoked it in their jihad against the Ikhwan. The idea is haybat al-dawla, or the state’s standing and prestige, a central plank of the Arab authoritarian order that’s making a big comeback.
It’s unsurprising that in his July 24 speech, General Abdel Fattah El-Sisi would portray himself as a wise and honest mentor to the errant Mohamed Morsi. The twist is that he says Morsi didn’t understand the concept of the state because he’s an Islamist, not a nationalist (a claim Sisi repeats in his Washington Post interview). Sisi says he gave up on instructing Morsi and decided to “emphasize the idea of the state” to the judiciary, al-Azhar, the Coptic Church, the media, and public opinion, that is, all the institutions that supported the coup.
