..Hosni Muberak akhirnya dibebaskan - the most collosal wayang of the century

pyropura · Post time 25-3-2017 05:02 AM

Edited by pyropura at 25-3-2017 05:35 PM

.. Mubarak, Egypt's toppled Pharaoh, is free after final charges dropped

Reuters) - Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president overthrown in 2011 and the first leader to face trial after the Arab Spring uprisings that swept the region, was freed on Friday after six years in detention, his lawyer said.

The 88-year-old was cleared of the final murder charges against him this month, after facing trial in a litany of cases ranging from corruption to the killing of protesters whose 18-day revolt stunned the world and ended his 30-year rule.

"Yes, he is now in his home in Heliopolis," Mubarak's lawyer, Farid El Deeb told Reuters when asked if Mubarak had left Maadi Military hospital in southern Cairo where he had been detained. Heliopolis is an upscale neighborhood where the main presidential palace from which Mubarak once governed is located.

Mubarak was initially arrested in April 2011, two months after leaving office, and has since been held in prison and in military hospitals under heavy guard.

Many Egyptians who lived through his presidency view it as a period of stagnation, autocracy and crony capitalism. Arabs watched enraptured when the first images of the former air force commander, Egypt's modern-day Pharaoh, were beamed live on television, showing him bed-bound in his courtroom cage.

The overthrow of Mubarak, one of a series of military men to rule Egypt since the 1952 abolition of the monarchy, embodied the hopes of the Arab Spring uprisings that shook autocrats from Tunisia to the Gulf and briefly raised hopes of a new era of democracy and social justice.

His release takes that journey full circle, marking what his critics say is the return of the old order to Egypt, where authorities have crushed Mubarak's enemies in the Muslim Brotherhood, killing hundreds and jailing thousands, while his allies regain influence.

Another military man, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, stepped into Mubarak's shoes in 2013 when he overthrew Mohamed Mursi, the Brotherhood official who won Egypt's first free election after the uprising.

A year later, Sisi won a presidential election in which the Brotherhood, now banned, could not participate. The liberal and leftist opposition, at the forefront of the 2011 protests in Cairo's Tahrir Square, is under pressure and in disarray.

Years of political tumult and worsening security have hit the economy, just as Mubarak always warned. Egyptians complain of empty pockets and rumbling bellies as inflation exceeds 30 percent and the government tightens its belt in return for loans from the International Monetary Fund.

"The economic crisis we are living in and the high prices take priority over everything, as does the fear of terrorism. That is what preoccupies ordinary citizens, not Mubarak," said Khaled Dawoud, an opposition politician who opposed the Islamists but also condemned the bloody crackdown on them.

"When you see the group of people who show up and cheer and support him, you are talking about 150, 200 people," he said, referring to occasional shows of support outside the Maadi hospital when Mubarak was there.

BACK TO THE PAST?

In the turmoil of the Arab uprisings, Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali fled into exile in Saudi Arabia, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi met an ignominious death at the hands of rebels and Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh resigned.

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samasam90 · Post time 25-3-2017 06:24 AM

muberak jangan lupa flush yach.

#lame

taikor · Post time 25-3-2017 08:58 AM

so, egypt bakal bergolak lagi?

mbhcsf · Post time 25-3-2017 09:17 AM

tak naklepas Morsi ?

insulin · Post time 25-3-2017 09:41 AM

Akhirnya lepas jua....

dauswq · Post time 25-3-2017 10:06 AM

ade org kate negara arab dan africa kena ruled by dictator

democracy doesnt work there

hanakikan · Post time 25-3-2017 10:41 AM

Hallelujah!

dodolgemok · Post time 25-3-2017 10:43 AM

Dri jaman firaun smpa ke jama milenia, diktator terus memerintah ereb. Adakah cash dri tuhan?

pyropura · Post time 25-3-2017 12:47 PM

dodolgemok replied at 25-3-2017 10:43 AM
Dri jaman firaun smpa ke jama milenia, diktator terus memerintah ereb. Adakah cash dri tuhan?

Pakar Marukuekonomi kata itu dah ketentuan awloh, terima aje katanya

pyropura · Post time 25-3-2017 12:49 PM

taikor replied at 25-3-2017 08:58 AM
so, egypt bakal bergolak lagi?

Lebih dari bergolak dah sejak Sisi takeover, bom 24jam

dodolgemok · Post time 25-3-2017 03:39 PM

pyropura replied at 25-3-2017 12:47 PM
Pakar Marukuekonomi kata itu dah ketentuan awloh, terima aje katanya

Pakar maruku ada lgi ka? Cam dah meninggal jah sbb hilang terus dimuka porem

ohnoLia · Post time 25-3-2017 03:51 PM

dauswq replied at 25-3-2017 10:06 AM
ade org kate negara arab dan africa kena ruled by dictator
democracy doesnt work there

ai heard the same... kalau demokrasi maka mereka akan terus bergolak... itulah cabaran di sana katanya. dgn pemimpin yg ruthless dan diktator at least mereka boleh bersatu dan membangunkan negara..

namun itu tidak bermakna mereka harus menjadikan pemimpin yg zalim utk lead mereka.. apa pun, pemimpin pilihan manusia seringkali mempunyai byk cacat cela nya...

pyropura · Post time 25-3-2017 05:23 PM

ohnoLia replied at 25-3-2017 03:51 PM
ai heard the same... kalau demokrasi maka mereka akan terus bergolak... itulah cabaran di sana kat ...

Diktator Sadat - 10 tahun
Diktator Muberak -30 tahun
Diktator Sisi - 5 tahun

Still mesir tak maju maju pun ....

pyropura · Post time 25-3-2017 05:45 PM

Edited by pyropura at 25-3-2017 05:46 PM

mbhcsf replied at 25-3-2017 09:17 AM
tak naklepas Morsi ?

Biasanya diktator2 zalim lebih dilindungi tuhan, tengok jarang sekali diktator2 zalim mendapat pembalasan, kan? Membuktikan doa org teraniaya tu tak pernah makbul ...

Morsi dulu sapa suruh tak zalim kan, so mendapat lah