I got in a taxi on Thursday and within a few minutes of conversation
the driver asked my nationality. This has been a sensitive question
recently; last week an American near the embassy answered in the
positive and was stabbed in the neck for his troubles. ‘
I hate America,’ the assailant confessed afterwards.
For the taxi driver, however, it was an opportunity of a different
sort. After I owned up to my nationality he leaned over to his glove
compartment and…
… pulled out a sheet of paper.
In fact it was one of many, some signed, most not yet. The driver was
preaching the merits of a new campaign to oust President Morsi, and
wanted me to convey the message to America. they aim to collect fifteen million signatures to their
petition, vaulting over the total number of votes cast for Morsi in the
presidential elections. They claim two million to date.
Their grand finale is planned for June 30, at the presidential palace, one year to the day in which Morsi took office.
Here is the translation of their flyer:
REBEL
To withdraw confidence from the Brotherhood regime
The Rebellion Campaign
(to withdraw confidence from Mohamed Morsi ….)
Because security has not yet returned to the street … we don’t want you
Because the poor still do not have a place … we don’t want you
Because we are still begging from abroad … we don’t want you
Because the rights of the martyrs still have not been fulfilled … we don’t want you
Because there is still no dignity for myself or my country … we don’t want you
Because the economy has collapsed and is built upon begging … we don’t want you
Because you follow the Americans … we don’t want you
Since Mohamed Morsi the … came to power, the
simple citizen has felt that not one goal of the revolution has been
achieved – for bread, freedom, social justice, and national
independence. Morsi has failed to realize them all. No security, no
social justice – he is a demonstrated failure in the complete sense of
the word. It is not fitting for him to administrate a nation of Egypt’s
weight.
Therefore:
I, the undersigned, from my free and complete will, as
a member of the general assembly of the Egyptian people, withdraw
confidence from the president of the republic, the dictator Mohamed
Morsi, and call for early presidential elections. I pledge to hold
firmly to the goals of the revolution and to work on their behalf,
spreading the Rebellion Campaign among the masses until we are able to
achieve social dignity, justice, and freedom.
Name:
National Number:
Governorate:
Signature:
Would you sign?
