EGYPT ended the presidential vacuum when Dr Mohamed Morsy took the oath in front of the Constitutional Court. We welcomed Morsy after the Egyptian nation accepted the election results. The GCC welcome is extraordinary because Egypt considers the GCC citizens special. The election of Morsy, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, will not change our views on this group and its history. Yet, we will not deal with Morsy based on our opinions about the political party which he belonged to before being elected as the president of Egypt.

We will closely follow up his activities until he gives up the ‘gown’ of his party and wears the ‘gown’ of the nation; specifically after he announced his plan to effectively play the role of a president for all Egyptians. He also promised to bolster ties with all countries, on top of which are the Arab nations. He said he will strive to restore the dignity and leading role of Egypt. It is, however, an Arab wish because all Arabs consider Egypt their older sister and it has the best soldiers all over the world. Thus, the leadership should bear the responsibility of maintaining this position.

Under such circumstances, we have to remind Morsy about his predecessors, particularly their statements and promises to serve the nation but they acted like pharaohs later with their cohorts around them. Maybe one of them was not a pharaoh by nature; yet, he found himself performing this role when the hypocrites isolated him from the people. This is what exactly happened with King Farouq who took the mantle of leadership at a young age. At the time, the Egyptians had high hopes but he was surrounded by a number of hypocrites who managed to place a glassy barrier between him and the people; leading to his exile.

We witnessed the same scenario after the July Revolution in 1952 when President Jamal Abdulnasser became a popular Egyptian leader with most Arab nations cheering for him. However, we later found him ruling Egypt through the telephone and the international press as he surrounded himself with four intelligence systems through which he practiced his powers until he became a pharaoh. The hidden secrets were exposed after his death; when Salah Nasr, the head of Egyptian intelligence at that time, published his memoirs.
Also, the tenure of Anwar Al-Sadat was not better than that of his predecessor. He was surrounded by hypocrites, not only in Egypt but also in the international community. Nevertheless, some members of his Army shot him to death. We still hear rumors on his murder. The same situation happened under the rule of Hosni Mubarak as people gathered in squares to support him but the unscrupulous parties have isolated him from the nation which revolted against the spread of corruption in every government authority.

Like Abdulnasser, Al-Sadat and Mubarak, Morsy delivered his speech in the presence of hundreds of people who cheered for him in the same manner they did for his predecessors. We hope he does not end up like the previous presidents. He does not want to be escorted by the presidential guards, pointing out he will not accept any barrier between him and his nation. Yet, we are afraid that the hypocrites will isolate him from the people and he might fall into the same trap as his predecessors.
We want Morsy to remain a popular president who does not wear bullet-proof vests or fear the revengeful acts of the oppressed, considering he rose to power through a revolution; during which we sympathized with all the participants. We want him to work not only in Egypt, but also in the Gulf, Arab and international communities to achieve the development goals and reap the fruits of the revolution, instead of taking revenge.
The glory of the revolution is epitomized in the reform that follows, not the revengeful acts. He should take these steps to become the real president of Egypt. He must realize the dreams of his nation. We hope his rule is good for the people to stop expressing sorrow over what happened in the past.

Email: ahmed@aljarallah.com