Celebrations have filled the Egyptian streets in all governorates after the declaration of Mohammed Morsi as the first democratically elected president in the Egyptian history.
Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood has defeated Ahmed Shafiq the last Prime Minister under President Hosni Mubarak in Egypt’s presidential elections by a narrow margin.
The Egyptian Election Commission said Morsi won with 51.7 per cent of the vote versus 48.3 for Shafiq.
“I pledge to be a president who serves his people and works for them,” Morsi wrote on his official website.
Later President Mohammad Morsi delivered a speech on Sunday to thank the Egyptian people for their votes calling them my family and my beloved promising to restore their rights.
“I have no rights, only responsibilities,” Morsi said. “If I do not fulfill my promises, do not obey me.” He also thanked the Egyptian army, the police, and Egypt’s intelligence services for their work in protecting the country.
After the Commission announcement many political movements came in unity and congratulated President Mohammed Morsi.
Pro-democracy leader Mohammed ElBaradei wrote on his Twitter account, “It is time we work all as Egyptians as part of a national consensus to build Egypt that is based on freedom and social justice,”
Ahmed Habashi, the head of the April 6th’s Youth Movement coordination committee in Cairo said, “We are here because the Brotherhood is part of the revolution and it is continuing. We would never support the person who was in charge during the Camel Battle,” referring to Shafiq’s involvement in the massacre that took the lives of at least 26 people on February 2, 2011.
The Camel Battle was the reason why former President Hosni Mubarak is kept in jail for a life sentence.
Moreover, Egypt’s military ruler Mohamed Hussein Tantawi and Prime Minister Kamal El-Ganzouri congratulated Morsi. Bishop Pachomius from Egypt’s Coptic Church congratulated Morsi. Morsi will now have to reassure the Egyptian Coptic’s that he represents the whole country not just Islamists.
Support for Morsi also came from different countries around the world. The government of Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and the Palestinian Authority congratulated Morsi.
Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, said that he “respects the outcome” of the election, and “expects to continue cooperation with the Egyptian administration”.
Morsi referred to Israel in his Sunday speech promising to keep all international treaties this of course includes the 1979 Camp David.
The White House also congratulated Morsi, and urged him to “advance national unity by reaching out to all parties and constituencies.”
No doubt that all the supporting and congratulating statements create a vision full of optimism concerning the future. This in turn encourages not only the Egyptian nation with all its segments pushing them to work harder for a better Egypt, but also foreigners around the world which Egyptians depend significantly on them in their economy including tourism and Investments.
Today it was a different scene. Streets were holding the biggest party Tahrir has seen since the ousting of Mubarak in February, 2011. People formed a huge party circle, singing, dancing and shooting fireworks and playing drums.
The Egyptians have made it! They have succeeded in their rise up against torture, dictatorship and marginalization.
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