Tuesday, February 15, 2011

The last hours of Mubarak in power told by the Egyptian press

Misinformed by his interior minister, urged by his son Gamal to ignore the street, the former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak seems to have lived in total confusion of the events that led to his downfall, said, Monday, February 14 The Egyptian press. According to the newspaper Al-Ahram, which was a heavyweight in the press pro-Mubarak, officials "do not really understand what was happening." On the eve of the historic resignation, "impotence was great at the presidential palace." Is the youngest son of the president, as his prospective successor, Gamal Mubarak, who "managed the crisis (...) with the eye on power.

He has realized that it was very late offside ... That's why the speech did not reflect what people wanted to hear. This has heightened their anger, "said the daily. Thursday before the last appearance of the former president on television, "Gamal has convinced his father one last attempt to proclaim the reforms and to delegate powers to Omar Suleiman," whose appointment as Vice-President did not convince the crowd.

"Others have suggested a more conciliatory tone and sentimental, but Gamal did not think so. The speech ignited the crowd ... then the attempt has failed ... the president has fallen." The strategy of the younger son would not unanimous, even within his own family. According to Al Akhbar (official), the two president's son are almost came to blows after the recording of the speech of 10 February, subject to "editing" to bring about the strongest to the demonstrators.

"You rotten country when you opened the door to your buddies (on business) and is the result. Instead of your father to be honored at the end of his life, you have worked to tarnish his image," Alaa shouted at his brother, the newspaper reported, that all the presidential palace has heard the argument.

This speech, in which Mubarak had announced that he delegated his powers to civilian and military Omar Suleiman to the military, was redrafted at the last moment, much to the surprise of U.S. and Western embassies, which had expected a different tone. According to the newspaper Al Youm Al Sabee (private), first lady, Suzanne Mubarak, fainted twice because of this altercation.

But it initially hated the very interior minister who appears to have led the Rats in error. "The report has sent Habib el-Adli to President Mubarak before Tuesday, January 25 downplayed the importance of the event" that marked the beginning of the uprising, according to Al-Ahram. Subsequently, he explained to Mr.

Mubarak "surprising success" of the event by the belief that the Muslim Brotherhood, bete noire of the regime, "had mobilized their young according to instructions from abroad." But the minister was convinced "it was a 'handful of families', the event could be' content 'and that' everything was under control".

Eighteen days later, the president must resign under pressure from the street.

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