Arab capitals following the Egyptian elections [Archives:2005/894/Opinion]

By Prof. Dr. Abdulaziz al-Tarb
The Arab political parties are demanded, more than anytime before, to study the Egyptian electoral experiment, even if the number of those who describe the Egyptian presidential elections as a drama. Nothing prevents that the roles designed beforehand, according to scenarios set up under the nose of the authority and performed by its men, to change into a serious movement sweeping those who think that the people would suffice themselves for long to adopt the role of spectator. If there are some saying what is going on is but a farce, any reasonable has not to take part in it, the Egyptian arena is not void of marionettes players working them however they like and in the direction they wish.

The struggling forces of the inside and those of the outside have put their pressure and the land has been paved before political and social forces that have been rendered absent for more than half a century and life was breathed into a long-marginalized and isolated political life. This experiment would be repeated here in Yemen in the local, parliamentary and presidential elections. It would become clear that the president would seek their votes to him and to his party. They would tangibly discover that there are some who are capable of offering something complete for the sake of the homeland and other Arab countries. We would witness that the one voice would produce voices, with various degrees, and the one individual would become many competing ones, even though with various opportunities.

Those practicing partisan work and action and those following up preparations realize that the wheel has begun rotating forward and none has the power to stop it, or make it turn backwardly. Thus, the political parties and civil society organizations, which the people have known their existence after ignorance and that emerged to the light after living for long under darkness of a totalitarian regime and the one-party system, should understand they would not return or accept that return to their cold headquarters waiting for credits offered by the ruling authority and national movements, especially those with representation in parliaments. Those that stepped over the red lines would not go into a state of oblivion again and would not be prevented by security forces wit their various titles.

Trade unions would resume their political momentum after they have rejected resolutions of the Yemeni council of ministers, raised the slogan of change in more than one Arab capital and formed movements and organizations to hold elections among their ranks away from division and in preservation of the workers rights against the ferocious attack of liquidating the public sector or selling it.

Under such a situation, political parties have to speed up preparation of their electoral forums and form a shadow government far from petulancies that do not serve anyone in this changeable world. Even for the ordinary citizen, affiliate of the so-called the silent majority, considers seriously promises by this president or that, if he does not find the resolution, money and stability and work, in the forthcoming local and parliamentary elections the ruling parties would not receive any response and may come out vanquished before the masses and in their response for creation of change, stability and continuation.

For this reason, the ruling parties in the Arab capitals, while preparing for entering local and parliamentary elections, have to take into consideration that their peoples are capable of surmounting the hindrances ht intercept the march of security and stability and they have also to observe the high interests of the homeland especially its stability. At this stage we have to take new steps and elect new parliaments undertaking their responsibilities and role in this important turning-point in the march of democracy and peaceful transfer of power along with keenness on establishment of modern and strong society in all of the Arab countries. We have to work hard in a continued process for achieving comprehensive development and realization of many accomplishments in production and services, aimed at alleviation of the citizen's suffering from increased prices, deterioration of the local currency exchange rate against other currencies as well as the increase of unemployment, absence of stability and security deterioration.

Continuation in the process of political reforms and implementation of election programs and respecting them, in the area of fighting unemployment, and developing administration, is the way to stability in the region and for preparing new generations. Those new generations could be the safety valve for peaceful transfer of power and transfer of posts in local authority or forthcoming parliaments.
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