HOSNI MOUBARAK DÉMISSIONNE
11 fév. 2011
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/International/2011/02/11/004-moubarak-armee-vendredi.shtml
Hosni Moubarak quitte la présidence et l'armée prend le contrôle du pays,
a annoncé le vice-président Omar Souleimane dans une intervention très succincte à la télévision nationale égyptienne.
Les centaines de milliers de manifestants sont en liesse à la place Tahrir et dans le reste du pays.
Pour une 18e journée consécutive, près d'un million de personnes se sont rassemblées au centre du Caire. Depuis plusieurs jours, les manifestants occupaient ce lieu symbolique jour et nuit pour réclamer le départ du président Moubarak.
Quelques minutes avant l'annonce de la démission d'Hosni Moubarak, le secrétaire général du parti au pouvoir, Hossam Badrawi, nommé le 5 février, avait lui aussi annoncé sa démission de son poste et du parti, affirmant que le pays a besoin de nouveaux partis.
Les manifestants convergent vers la place Tahrir, vendredi, au 18e jour de protestation contre le régime Moubarak.
Plus tôt dans la journée, l'armée avait annoncé qu'elle se portait garante des réformes promises par le président Hosni Moubarak, qui a délégué jeudi ses prérogatives à son vice-président, sous la pression de la rue.
Le Conseil suprême des forces armées avait lancé un appel à un retour à la vie normale, et garantit la réforme de la Constitution et l'organisation d'élections libres et justes.
L'armée se disait prête à lever l'état d'urgence aussitôt que les circonstances actuelles le permettront,
mais affirmait qu'elle ne tolérera aucune atteinte à la sécurité du pays.
À El Arich, dans le nord du Sinaï, une foule d'un millier de personnes a attaqué un poste de police dans pour tenter de libérer des détenus, selon plusieurs témoins.
Les manifestants ont lancé des bombes incendiaires sur un poste de police et mis le feu à des véhicules, selon ces témoins.
Le Mouvement des jeunes du 6 avril a lancé un appel vendredi à manifester devant le palais présidentiel et les bureaux de la télévision nationale.
Jeudi, dans un discours télévisé, le président Moubarak a annoncé le transfert de ses pouvoirs au vice-président Omar Souleimane, sans toutefois parler de démission, au grand dam des manifestants.
Au pouvoir depuis 30 ans, Hosni Moubarak a dit refuser de se plier aux diktats étrangers.
Durant toute la journée, jeudi, des chaînes de télévision et des agences de presse avaient relayé des informations sur la démission imminente du raïs.
Son allocution, en fin de soirée, a été accueillie avec colère par les manifestants.
Le transfert des pouvoirs à Omar Souleimane sans démission formelle d'Hosni Moubarak ne satisfait pas la Maison-Blanche.
« Le peuple égyptien s'est fait dire qu'il y avait un transfert des pouvoirs, mais il n'est pas encore clair si ce transfert est immédiat, significatif et suffisant »,
a indiqué le président Obama dans un communiqué.
Sur les ondes du réseau CNN, l'ambassadeur égyptien aux États-Unis, Sameh Choukri, avait déclaré un peu plus tôt en soirée que le président Moubarak est un président de droit, mais que le vice-président Omar Souleimane est devenu le président de facto.
« Trop de citoyens égyptiens ne sont pas encore convaincus que le gouvernement est sérieux au sujet d'une véritable transition démocratique »,
a-t-il déploré.
Le gouvernement Moubarak « a la responsabilité de s'exprimer clairement au peuple égyptien et au monde », a déclaré Barack Obama.
Radio-Canada.ca avec Agence France Presse et Reuters
En profondeur
Égypte : la révolte s'étend dans le monde arabe
Après la révolte populaire en Tunisie, voici que la rue égyptienne s'embrase. Graphique interactif sur l'Égypte.
Le monde arabe en ébullition
Voici des données sur plusieurs pays du monde arabe, où la révolte populaire se répand comme une traînée de poudre.
Monde arabe : quels risques de contagion?
Les révolutions en Tunisie et en Égypte feront-elles tache d'huile dans la région? Situation politique des pays du monde arabe.
audio-vidéo
Marie-Ève Bédard rend compte de la situation depuis le Caire.
La décision de H. Moubarak de s'accrocher au pouvoir a surpris les États-Unis, explique Manon Globensky.
Anyck Béraud rend compte des réactions des dirigeants européens, déçus de l'attitude du président Moubarak.
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EGYPTIAN PROTESTERS REJOICE AT MUBARAK'S OUSTER
MILITARY TAKES CONTROL
February 11, 2011
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2011/02/11/egypt-mubarak-future.html
CBC News
With files from The Associated Press
Cairo's Tahrir Square has erupted in an impromptu cacophony of cheering and fireworks as Egyptians celebrate the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak after a historic 18-day wave of pro-democracy demonstrations.
Several hundred thousand protesters packed into the central square screamed for joy Friday, waving Egyptian flags, blowing car horns, jumping up and down and chanting slogans such as:
"Egypt is free," "God is great," "The people have brought down the regime."
Egyptians wept and hugged each other. Others clambered on the tanks that have surrounded Tahrir Square.
"What we have here in Cairo, you never know when it's going to end,"
Ali Mikkawi, a former Canadian resident, told CBC News from the Egyptian capital.
"Certainly, this is one of the biggest parties ever that this country has seen. It’s everywhere. Everybody’s congratulating everyone,"
he said.
After 29 years in power, Mubarak reluctantly resigned and handed over power to the military.
The terse announcement was made live on state TV by a grim Vice-President Omar Suleiman at about 6 p.m. local time Friday.
"In the name of God the merciful, the compassionate, citizens, during these very difficult circumstances Egypt is going through, President Hosni Mubarak has decided to step down from the office of president of the republic and has charged the high council of the armed forces to administer the affairs of the country,"
Suleiman said in a five-minute address translated into English.
"May God help everybody."
The announcement came as protesters filled squares in at least three major cities Friday, and marched on presidential palaces and the state TV building, key symbols of the authoritarian regime.
«Finally we are free.»
Safwan Abou Stat, 60-year-old protester
It was the biggest day of protests yet in the upheaval that began Jan. 25, growing from youth activists working on the internet into a mass movement that tapped into widespread discontent with Mubarak's authoritarian lock on power, corruption, economic woes and widespread disparities between rich and poor.
The country is now ruled by the Armed Forces Supreme Council, the military's top body consisting of its highest-ranking generals and headed by Defence Minister Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tanwawi.
EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT HOSNI MUBARAK RESIGNED FRIDAY ON THE 18TH DAY OF ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS.
In a brief statement on state TV Friday evening, army spokesman Ismail Etman praised Mubarak for stepping down "in the interests of the nation"
and said he "salutes the martyrs" who lost their lives in the unrest.
Ahead of Friday's announcement, Mubarak flew to his palace in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, where he often lives and works during the winter. The resort is about 400 kilometres outside of Cairo.
Mubarak, a former air force commander became president after the 1981 assassination of Anwar Sadat by Islamic radicals.
Mubarak's decades-long uninterrupted rule was achieved by rigged elections and a hated police force accused of widespread torture to ensure his control.
He resisted calls for reform even as public bitterness grew over corruption, deteriorating infrastructure and rampant poverty in a country where 40 per cent live below or near the poverty line.
COUNTRY HAS BEEN 'LIBERATED'
The announcement that Mubarak would resign came a day after he sought to cling to power, handing some of his authorities to Suleiman while keeping his title, in an apparent move to appease protesters.
Nobel Peace laureate Mohammed ElBaradei, whose young supporters were among the organizers of the protest movement, told Al Jazeera,
"Today, my dream has come true. Unity is crucial at this stage. Egyptian people want to look forward but not backwards,"
he said.
EGYPT'S VICE-PRESIDENT OMAR SULEIMAN ADDRESSED THE NATION ON TELEVISION FRIDAY, ANNOUNCING THAT MUBARAK HAD RESIGNED AND HANDED POWER TO THE ARMY.
He had a message for the Egyptian people:
"You have gained your liberty, you have gained your chance to catch up to the rest of the world. Make the best of it, God bless you."
Mohamed el-Katatni, a senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's biggest opposition group, said Egyptians had achieved the main goal of their popular uprising.
"I salute the Egyptian people and the martyrs. This is the day of victory for the Egyptian people. The main goal of the revolution has been achieved,"
he told Reuters.
Safwan Abou Stat, a 60-year-old protester in Tahrir Square, echoed the feeling of others by saying,
"Finally we are free. From now on, anyone who is going to rule will know that these people are great."
A wave of jubilation swept through the Middle East at news of Mubarak's resignation as celebratory gunfire erupted in Lebanon and car horns blared in Tunisia.
«Difficult days» ahead: Obama
Political leaders in Europe and North America reacted with relief.
"By stepping down, President Mubarak responded to the Egyptian people's hunger for change,"
U.S. President Barack Obama said in Washington, D.C.
Obama said there would be "difficult days" ahead, but added that he was confident Egyptians would find a peaceful way forward.
"For Egyptians have made it clear that nothing less than genuine democracy will carry the day,"
he said.
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton praised the resilience of Egypt's protesters and said that Mubarak, by standing down,
"has listened to the voices of the Egyptian people and has opened the way to faster and deeper reforms."
Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Canada will be pushing for free and fair elections in Egypt and respect for the rule of law. He also urged Egypt to respect its treaties and pursue peace in the Middle East.
Story comments (806)
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CBC IS THERE
LIVE: Updates from our reporters in Egypt
David Common reports:
"It's absolutely incredible … for 18 days these protesters have been involved effectively in an uprising that has turned into a revolution. A stunning development, particularly in this part of the world. Sober thought about what it all means comes tomorrow. A lot of fireworks, people dancing with fireworks, big spotlights being used on the crowd … it's turned very much into a party atmosphere. And still, thousands of people are pouring into Tahrir Square trying to grab on to this piece of history."
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MUBARAK'S LEGACY
About Mubarak: His Life and Times
Egypt after Mubarak: What's Next?
11 fév. 2011
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/International/2011/02/11/004-moubarak-armee-vendredi.shtml
Hosni Moubarak quitte la présidence et l'armée prend le contrôle du pays,
a annoncé le vice-président Omar Souleimane dans une intervention très succincte à la télévision nationale égyptienne.
Les centaines de milliers de manifestants sont en liesse à la place Tahrir et dans le reste du pays.
Pour une 18e journée consécutive, près d'un million de personnes se sont rassemblées au centre du Caire. Depuis plusieurs jours, les manifestants occupaient ce lieu symbolique jour et nuit pour réclamer le départ du président Moubarak.
Quelques minutes avant l'annonce de la démission d'Hosni Moubarak, le secrétaire général du parti au pouvoir, Hossam Badrawi, nommé le 5 février, avait lui aussi annoncé sa démission de son poste et du parti, affirmant que le pays a besoin de nouveaux partis.
Les manifestants convergent vers la place Tahrir, vendredi, au 18e jour de protestation contre le régime Moubarak.
Plus tôt dans la journée, l'armée avait annoncé qu'elle se portait garante des réformes promises par le président Hosni Moubarak, qui a délégué jeudi ses prérogatives à son vice-président, sous la pression de la rue.
Le Conseil suprême des forces armées avait lancé un appel à un retour à la vie normale, et garantit la réforme de la Constitution et l'organisation d'élections libres et justes.
L'armée se disait prête à lever l'état d'urgence aussitôt que les circonstances actuelles le permettront,
mais affirmait qu'elle ne tolérera aucune atteinte à la sécurité du pays.
À El Arich, dans le nord du Sinaï, une foule d'un millier de personnes a attaqué un poste de police dans pour tenter de libérer des détenus, selon plusieurs témoins.
Les manifestants ont lancé des bombes incendiaires sur un poste de police et mis le feu à des véhicules, selon ces témoins.
Le Mouvement des jeunes du 6 avril a lancé un appel vendredi à manifester devant le palais présidentiel et les bureaux de la télévision nationale.
Jeudi, dans un discours télévisé, le président Moubarak a annoncé le transfert de ses pouvoirs au vice-président Omar Souleimane, sans toutefois parler de démission, au grand dam des manifestants.
Au pouvoir depuis 30 ans, Hosni Moubarak a dit refuser de se plier aux diktats étrangers.
Durant toute la journée, jeudi, des chaînes de télévision et des agences de presse avaient relayé des informations sur la démission imminente du raïs.
Son allocution, en fin de soirée, a été accueillie avec colère par les manifestants.
Le transfert des pouvoirs à Omar Souleimane sans démission formelle d'Hosni Moubarak ne satisfait pas la Maison-Blanche.
« Le peuple égyptien s'est fait dire qu'il y avait un transfert des pouvoirs, mais il n'est pas encore clair si ce transfert est immédiat, significatif et suffisant »,
a indiqué le président Obama dans un communiqué.
Sur les ondes du réseau CNN, l'ambassadeur égyptien aux États-Unis, Sameh Choukri, avait déclaré un peu plus tôt en soirée que le président Moubarak est un président de droit, mais que le vice-président Omar Souleimane est devenu le président de facto.
« Trop de citoyens égyptiens ne sont pas encore convaincus que le gouvernement est sérieux au sujet d'une véritable transition démocratique »,
a-t-il déploré.
Le gouvernement Moubarak « a la responsabilité de s'exprimer clairement au peuple égyptien et au monde », a déclaré Barack Obama.
Radio-Canada.ca avec Agence France Presse et Reuters
En profondeur
Égypte : la révolte s'étend dans le monde arabe
Après la révolte populaire en Tunisie, voici que la rue égyptienne s'embrase. Graphique interactif sur l'Égypte.
Le monde arabe en ébullition
Voici des données sur plusieurs pays du monde arabe, où la révolte populaire se répand comme une traînée de poudre.
Monde arabe : quels risques de contagion?
Les révolutions en Tunisie et en Égypte feront-elles tache d'huile dans la région? Situation politique des pays du monde arabe.
audio-vidéo
Marie-Ève Bédard rend compte de la situation depuis le Caire.
La décision de H. Moubarak de s'accrocher au pouvoir a surpris les États-Unis, explique Manon Globensky.
Anyck Béraud rend compte des réactions des dirigeants européens, déçus de l'attitude du président Moubarak.
Les commentaires (57)
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EGYPTIAN PROTESTERS REJOICE AT MUBARAK'S OUSTER
MILITARY TAKES CONTROL
February 11, 2011
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2011/02/11/egypt-mubarak-future.html
CBC News
With files from The Associated Press
Cairo's Tahrir Square has erupted in an impromptu cacophony of cheering and fireworks as Egyptians celebrate the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak after a historic 18-day wave of pro-democracy demonstrations.
Several hundred thousand protesters packed into the central square screamed for joy Friday, waving Egyptian flags, blowing car horns, jumping up and down and chanting slogans such as:
"Egypt is free," "God is great," "The people have brought down the regime."
Egyptians wept and hugged each other. Others clambered on the tanks that have surrounded Tahrir Square.
"What we have here in Cairo, you never know when it's going to end,"
Ali Mikkawi, a former Canadian resident, told CBC News from the Egyptian capital.
"Certainly, this is one of the biggest parties ever that this country has seen. It’s everywhere. Everybody’s congratulating everyone,"
he said.
After 29 years in power, Mubarak reluctantly resigned and handed over power to the military.
The terse announcement was made live on state TV by a grim Vice-President Omar Suleiman at about 6 p.m. local time Friday.
"In the name of God the merciful, the compassionate, citizens, during these very difficult circumstances Egypt is going through, President Hosni Mubarak has decided to step down from the office of president of the republic and has charged the high council of the armed forces to administer the affairs of the country,"
Suleiman said in a five-minute address translated into English.
"May God help everybody."
The announcement came as protesters filled squares in at least three major cities Friday, and marched on presidential palaces and the state TV building, key symbols of the authoritarian regime.
«Finally we are free.»
Safwan Abou Stat, 60-year-old protester
It was the biggest day of protests yet in the upheaval that began Jan. 25, growing from youth activists working on the internet into a mass movement that tapped into widespread discontent with Mubarak's authoritarian lock on power, corruption, economic woes and widespread disparities between rich and poor.
The country is now ruled by the Armed Forces Supreme Council, the military's top body consisting of its highest-ranking generals and headed by Defence Minister Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tanwawi.
EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT HOSNI MUBARAK RESIGNED FRIDAY ON THE 18TH DAY OF ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS.
In a brief statement on state TV Friday evening, army spokesman Ismail Etman praised Mubarak for stepping down "in the interests of the nation"
and said he "salutes the martyrs" who lost their lives in the unrest.
Ahead of Friday's announcement, Mubarak flew to his palace in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, where he often lives and works during the winter. The resort is about 400 kilometres outside of Cairo.
Mubarak, a former air force commander became president after the 1981 assassination of Anwar Sadat by Islamic radicals.
Mubarak's decades-long uninterrupted rule was achieved by rigged elections and a hated police force accused of widespread torture to ensure his control.
He resisted calls for reform even as public bitterness grew over corruption, deteriorating infrastructure and rampant poverty in a country where 40 per cent live below or near the poverty line.
COUNTRY HAS BEEN 'LIBERATED'
The announcement that Mubarak would resign came a day after he sought to cling to power, handing some of his authorities to Suleiman while keeping his title, in an apparent move to appease protesters.
Nobel Peace laureate Mohammed ElBaradei, whose young supporters were among the organizers of the protest movement, told Al Jazeera,
"Today, my dream has come true. Unity is crucial at this stage. Egyptian people want to look forward but not backwards,"
he said.
EGYPT'S VICE-PRESIDENT OMAR SULEIMAN ADDRESSED THE NATION ON TELEVISION FRIDAY, ANNOUNCING THAT MUBARAK HAD RESIGNED AND HANDED POWER TO THE ARMY.
He had a message for the Egyptian people:
"You have gained your liberty, you have gained your chance to catch up to the rest of the world. Make the best of it, God bless you."
Mohamed el-Katatni, a senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's biggest opposition group, said Egyptians had achieved the main goal of their popular uprising.
"I salute the Egyptian people and the martyrs. This is the day of victory for the Egyptian people. The main goal of the revolution has been achieved,"
he told Reuters.
Safwan Abou Stat, a 60-year-old protester in Tahrir Square, echoed the feeling of others by saying,
"Finally we are free. From now on, anyone who is going to rule will know that these people are great."
A wave of jubilation swept through the Middle East at news of Mubarak's resignation as celebratory gunfire erupted in Lebanon and car horns blared in Tunisia.
«Difficult days» ahead: Obama
Political leaders in Europe and North America reacted with relief.
"By stepping down, President Mubarak responded to the Egyptian people's hunger for change,"
U.S. President Barack Obama said in Washington, D.C.
Obama said there would be "difficult days" ahead, but added that he was confident Egyptians would find a peaceful way forward.
"For Egyptians have made it clear that nothing less than genuine democracy will carry the day,"
he said.
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton praised the resilience of Egypt's protesters and said that Mubarak, by standing down,
"has listened to the voices of the Egyptian people and has opened the way to faster and deeper reforms."
Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Canada will be pushing for free and fair elections in Egypt and respect for the rule of law. He also urged Egypt to respect its treaties and pursue peace in the Middle East.
Story comments (806)
*
CBC IS THERE
LIVE: Updates from our reporters in Egypt
David Common reports:
"It's absolutely incredible … for 18 days these protesters have been involved effectively in an uprising that has turned into a revolution. A stunning development, particularly in this part of the world. Sober thought about what it all means comes tomorrow. A lot of fireworks, people dancing with fireworks, big spotlights being used on the crowd … it's turned very much into a party atmosphere. And still, thousands of people are pouring into Tahrir Square trying to grab on to this piece of history."
*
MUBARAK'S LEGACY
About Mubarak: His Life and Times
Egypt after Mubarak: What's Next?
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Image. Dave Granlund
www.davegranlund.com
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/opinion/x1486248201/Dyer-Uprising-in-Egypt-This-is-is-how-regimes-fall?photo=0
