Al-Tajammu [Archives:2005/831/Press Review]
4 Apr. 2005
Main headlines
– The world mourns the decease of the Pope
– Syria announces its full pullout from Lebanon territories
– Warplane crashed near Sana'a International Airport
– An attempted assassination against director Saadah security
– Violent clashes in Saudi Arabia
Writer Yahya Saleh says there is no difference regarding reforms coming from inside or the outside. The important thing is that they are done and to be implemented and that should not be in a selective manner but as an integrated system including all political, economic, social, cultural, educational and even security aspects.
In fact, the Arab regimes have, throughout decades, aborted the effectiveness of any reforms just for the purpose of tightening their grip on governing their peoples. The Arab regimes have devoted all potentials and destinies of the Arab peoples for the continuation of their stay in power and expulsion of vital forces and any opposition standing on their way. This situation has taken our Arab countries to a cull de sac and a state of backwardness in all walks of life. Some regimes have gone farther in rendering their republics into hereditary regimes and disregard the will and rights of the peoples. However, those regimes so easily abide by programs on economic reform imposed from outside by international organizations as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. They also obey instructions of foreign donor countries and organizations and implement them in detail. The reason of that is that the economic reforms imposed by outside would affect the peoples directly with their impact. When reforms are related to political, security and cultural aspects those regimes procrastinate and delay any measures leading to any changes or political reforms, whether resulting from local or international pressures. The reason is that such reforms would touch directly the ruling regimes and shake the land from under their chairs.
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