US NAMED IN MORSI COUP

News reaching our desk clearly point to the involvement of Western powers in supporting the coup against Mr Morsi and the brotherhood establishment. According to Morsi’s aide President Mohamed Morsi huddled in his guard’s quarters during his last hours as Egypt’s first elected civilian leader when he received a call from an Arab foreign minister with an ultimatum  offer to end a standoff with the country’s top generals, senior advisers  and opposition leaders.

“I am acting as a messenger of Washington” stated the foreign minister. He asked if Mr Morsi would appoint a new prime minister and cabinet that would take over all legislative powers and replace his chosen provincial governors. It should be remembered that Mr Morsi recently passed a decree to give himself supreme powers an act that angered many of his critics.

The aides alluded that they already knew what Mr. Morsi’s answer would be, given his recalcitrant nature. He had responded to a similar proposal by pointing at his neck. He had told his aides, that over his dead body would he accept what considered a de facto coup and thus desecration of Egyptian democracy.

Mr Essam el-Haddad his top foreign policy adviser, is said to have left the room to talk to the United States ambassador, Anne W. Patterson, who was anxiously waiting for Morsi’s response.  After informing the ambassador that the President had rejected their suggestion, he returned and said he had spoken to Susan E. Rice, the national security adviser and that the military takeover was imminent, said the senior aides.

The US’s patronage role and determination to oust the Morsi administration was proclaimed more when one of the aides text his associate “Mother just told us that we will stop playing in one hour,” a sarcastic Egyptian expression for the country’s Western patron, “Mother America.” However, the State Department had no comment Saturday on the details of the American role in Mr. Morsi’s final days.

The sudden end of Egypt’s first civilian government was the result of months of rising tensions and ultimately fruitless American efforts to broker a solution that would keep Mr. Morsi in his elected office.

Anti Morsi groups together with youthful activists took to the streets following a collapsing economy and what they considered arrogation of excessive powers by President Morsi. This happened as the alliance between Mr. Morsi and the nation’s top generals was gradually fading.

Morsi’s unyielding nature caused his down f all. “Do you think this is the peak?” he asked one aide during his first major political crisis. “No,” Mr. Morsi said with defiance, “The peak will be when you see my blood flowing on the floor.” His love for too much power is another factor which contributed to his ousting. After Mubarak- appointed judges dissolved the Islamist-led Parliament, Mr. Morsi in November declared his own authority above the courts until a constitutional convention could finish its work.

Tens of thousands of protesters denounced his approach as authoritarian, setting off the first major street fighting between his supporters and opponents. It was noted that some of his Muslim Brotherhood as well as his allies were angered, presidential advisers said. They grumbled that since he had not sought counsel from them and thus they would not defend him in the streets. His overthrow came as a surprise because Mr. Morsi never believed the generals would turn on him as long as he respected their autonomy and privileges, his advisers said.

Meanwhile Morsi started his rule with aggressiveness after he made several visits to other countries. During the 50 years independence celebrations Mr Morsi made a surprise appearance at the cerebration premises setting the security team in Punic. He also dictated that his choir had to perform prompting the organizers to change the program in order not to annoy the visiting president. It is during his tenure that a president from their bitter rivals Iran visited Egypt. He will also be remembered for his E-BRICS proposal when he suggested that Egypt joins China, India, Brazil, Russia and South Africa.