One of the wonders of the Egyptian revolution consists of the production of a regime that encourages or takes part in the protests against the opposition forces. Just like the Egyptians amazed the world with their revolution and their ability to topple the head of the regime following 18 days of peaceful protests and an open sit-in in the Tahrir Square, they are now taking the world by surprise through the protests staged by the supporters of the people in power against the opposition. Two days ago, the Islamists called for the implementation of the Shariaa in the Tahrir Square. They are making open statements or insinuating that all the oppositionists are against Islam. Even more surprisingly, the rulers keep asking the people to work and be productive and to bear the hard living conditions for a while until the renaissance kicks off and to give the regime the chance to work calmly on solving the country's problems. However, the people are surprised every now and then by the loud protests staged by the ruling body against the opposition! The problem of the ruling system in Egypt, before the revolution and after the toppling of Mubarak, is that it failed to give people hope in a better situation with respect to freedoms, public work, and political action and also with respect to their daily livelihood. The revolution did indeed impose a new reality that no one can break. Preventing protests or oppressing the opposition thus became hard and even impossible. However, the current situation in Egypt does not match the ambitions of the people who rebelled, the martyrs who fell, and the hopes that broke loose. Some Egyptians might have thought that the Military Council had an excuse for failing since its time in power saw a lot of confusion and contradictory decisions as a result of the poor experience that the military people have in political work on the one hand, and also because the fall of the Mubarak regime came suddenly and without long introductions. In addition, the Military Council's era saw conflicts between the different political forces, which reflected on the clashes in the streets and squares. However, the Egyptians cannot understand the reasons why the president, the ruling party, or the group that they belong to have so far failed to come up with clear and unambiguous plans to deal with the sins of the former regimes and to respond to the very high hopes that the citizens had during the revolution. The Egyptians cannot understand why it is that every time the president or the cabinet take a decision and fail to implement it, the Islamists revert to staging protests in order to support the decision or to object to the failure to carry it out. This is making the regime seem incapable of using the mechanisms at hand or willing to break the very law that it is supposed to be very keen on preserving. The Egyptians are quite surprised because the president's party and group usually condemn the movements of the opposition – which is mostly formed by civil forces – and the opposition's protests, sit-ins, and harsh political and media speech. But at the same time, the people see that the ruling party is mobilizing people and calling on them to protest or to stage sit-ins in order to pass this or that decision, support this or that position, or object to the actions of the opposition. These are the post-revolution contradictions and they are not very different from the rush to watch “Abdo Mouta," a film filled with vulgar scenes and dialogues that are far from being ethical. But at the same time, these people had voted for the Islamic candidates in all the elections! The ailments that the civil forces are suffering from are well known, and there is no point in discussing them because they are not being addressed. It seems that these ailments have strengthened their grip on their hosts and no treatment is possible anymore. However, many sides believe that despite the divisions and dismantlement of these civil forces and despite the clash of interests between them, they are causing the ruling system to be concerned. The biggest dilemma is that the ruling system itself is also suffering from serious problems. It had the opportunity on several instances to get rid of these problems. However, it only succeeded in increasing the problems by taking some reckless decisions; and when it failed to carry out these decisions, either through the power of law or through the power of the street protests, the ruling system appeared to be weak and confused in front of the people. This is beyond the issue of the constitution, which is now the object of some deep differences whereby every political group is trying to influence the constitution in order to obtain clauses that match the concerned group's own principles and ideas. Every political group is disregarding the existence of other groups in society in addition to disregarding the fact that the revolution was not staged in order to support one group against the others or impose one opinion over the others, which has caused the society to become divided, hostile, and chaotic instead of being pluralistic, peaceful and civilized. There is no school that teaches the bases of ruling or the rules of opposition. These are skills that can be acquired through practice if the concerned parties are willing to acquire them. So are they?
