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Legitimacy is the coup's weakness; Morsi is opposition strongpoint

July 10, 2014 at 12:14 pm

The head of the Building and Development Party in Egypt has described the coup government in Cairo as, “beyond any doubt, far worse than the ousted regime of Hosni Mubarak.” Dr Tariq Al-Zumar said that the current regime is not qualified for any political cooperation or reconciliation. He pointed out that since the coup last year there has been no climate conducive to political freedom, nor do the authorities accept the existence of any voice louder than the regime’s; nor is there any space for opposition and dissenting opinions.

Speaking during an interview with the TV programme “Policy in Religion” on Al Jazeera Mubasher Masr, Al-Zumar wondered aloud how the coup claims that its legitimacy came through the demonstrations which took place on June 30 last year and yet it bans demonstrations now and deprives opponents and supporters of genuine legitimacy of their rights in such matters. The Islamic leader pointed out that the regime’s strategy focuses on getting rid of the rest of January 25 Revolution’s gains and goals as well as eliminating the Islamic movement, exhausting its members and taking revenge on the revolutionaries.

Al-Zumar explained that the mosques have never known such difficulties as they face now under the leadership of Al-Sisi; he suggested that the new president of Egypt seeks to wage a war on everyone, from mosques to demonstrators and poor people. “However, the weakness of this coup is its lack of legitimacy and our strongpoint is our loyalty to President Mohamed Morsi as the civilian elected president of the Egyptian people,” he insisted. “He was chosen through the first fair elections after the January 25 Revolution, and we will not compromise on him; even if the demands of the legitimacy forces seem are seen by many as dreams, they are dreams that prevent the coup from sleeping.”

He claimed that all meetings conducted by the coup leader or his government with any foreign official are looking into ways to legitimise the coup. Al-Sisi, he explained, will continue to look for legitimacy until he is removed from the scene; no one can imagine that the current situation under this regime will continue amid the anger that has reached many houses. “The arrogance and violence of the regime,” Al-Zumar added, “which has lost its self-esteem, will result in nothing but more enemies and the loss of more supporters day after day.”