tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1032717316735251225.post1156377015702531807..comments2011-03-14T09:01:22.762-07:00Comments on live a life: Hosni Mubarak resigns as presidentmuhammad hafizuddin mazlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851400597604170518noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1032717316735251225.post-38083509666090751282011-02-18T19:01:09.801-08:002011-02-18T19:01:09.801-08:00This is fantastic news!! It looks like the army to...This is fantastic news!! It looks like the army told Mubarak that they would not support him. It was great to see the Egyptian military side with the people instead of helping to keep a dictator in power. This is how the military should behave, it is just not very common to see it in the middle east. It looks like the military gave Mubarak two choices, step down willingly or by ousted by a military coup. Knowing the damage that a military coup would do to Egypt and how it would be viewed by the rest of the world, he finally decided to step down. Based on what we have heard from him so far, Suleiman is not my idea of a good leader. Luckily the Egyptian constitution calls for new election within 60 days if the president steps down so the Egyptian people will get to pick their new leader very soon. From everything I have read and heard, I hope that Mohammed elBaradei is elected their new president. He is a very progressive person who wants peace and has a very secular view as to how the country should be governed. I think that with elBaradei as their leader, Egypt can become a leader in the middle east and possibly even in the world in general.<br />I hope that the transition can be accomplished without to much havoc and that the Egyptians can finally have open and fair elections so they can select the leader they want. It is generally accepted that the last election that kept Mubarak in power was rigged. Hopefully Egypt will allow international election monitors in so that there will be no questions about the legitimacy of the new leader they elect. Hopefully Egypt can serve as an example to the rest of the middle east on how to effect change in leadership without large scale violence and bloodshed.muhammad hafizuddin mazlanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13851400597604170518noreply@blogger.com