Este post é parte de nossa cobertura especial Protestos no Egito em 2011.
Milhões de cidadãos protestaram ontem em todos os cantos do Egito contra o regime de Mubarak. Bahey El-Din escreveu aqui [en] sobre as manifestações pacíficas que aconteceram no Cairo e em outras partes do país:
Yesterday, genuine protesters were around 8 million across Egypt. Numbers estimate 1.5 million in Alexandria and 2 million in Cairo. They were completely peaceful, and the mood was described as “festive” and “celebratory” by many news outlets.
Foi então que Mubarak fez um pronunciamento. Muitas pessoas, inclusive eu mesmo, consideraram que o discurso foi um indicativo de mudança nos rumos do regime. Depois do pronunciamento do presidente, as pessoas ficaram divididas entre aceitar a mensagem como uma boa iniciativa ou continuar protestando no centro de Cairo até que ele renunciasse.
Raafatology contou como ficou decepcionado com a oferta feita por Mubarak [ar]:
Em questão de poucas horas, uma nova rodada de eventos tomou conta do Cairo. Bahey El-Din conta aqui [en] o que aconteceu, de acordo com a própria experiência:
Many people got an SMS mobile text message about a mass rally in support of Mubarak in Mohandeseen. Others got a message offering 70 LE to go to rallies. My mother told me that when pro-Mubarak protesters were asked why they are going on the street, they said “each one of us got 200 LE”. News about workers in the TV/Radio as well as petroleum companies were to go on the streets and protest in favour of Mubarak
Raafatology também escreveu aqui sobre os embates que aconteceram no centro da cidade hoje [en]:
Mubarak is doing what he is known for; killing his own people. The protesters in Tahrir and Alexandria were sitting doing nothing, and all the sudden some people in civilian cloths started throwing stones on them. The army just warned the thugs, but did not interfere yet. The protesters arrested one of these thugs and they found out he was a member of The Mubarak’s National Security.
Baheyya descreveu como aqueles manifestantes pró-Mubarak usaram cavalos para atacar o povo [en]:
The crowds on horseback, beating the demonstrators like savage marauders. NDP members and public sector clerks marched in processions, including uniformed police officers, holding aloft Egyptian flags and photos of Mubarak to perform support for him.
Zeinobia disse nesse post que foram atacadas também pessoas que não eram manifestantes [en]:
Foreign journalists were attacked and harassed , their equipment was smashed. Anderson Cooper was attacked by the thugs of Mubarak in Cairo. The NDP thugs tried to break in to Al Shorouk newspaper HQ terrorizing its journalists who left their work to protect themselves and their building.
Onde está o exército? Zeinobia questiona o papel das forças armadas nisso tudo.
- Why did the army leave the thugs enter with their weapons like that ??
– Why did the army leave the thugs attack the protesters like that ??
The army has sold us so far or to be correct the commanders of the army have sold us.
– Por que o exército deixou os capangas atacarem os manifestantes daquele jeito ??
Fomos vendidos pelo exército ou, para ser mais preciso, os comandantes do exército nos vendeu.
Talvez ele não tenha entendido o que Mubarak realmente quis dizer no discurso de ontem. Baheyya explicou aqui o que ela leu nas entrelinhas do pronuncionamento [en]:
This is what Mubarak meant in his speech yesterday, that “everyone must choose between chaos and order”, between his rule and his violence.
Por fim, Nawara Negm [ar] chamou todos os cidadãos egípcios para unirem-se em apoio aos manifestantes na Praça Tahrir:
Este post é parte de nossa cobertura especial Protestos no Egito em 2011.