Mubarak, what are you waiting for?

It seems like everybody is addressing the nation. Vice President Omar Soliman appeared on TV, calling on the youth at Tahrir to vacate, or else. Soliman’s popularity is gone now. He’s on Mubarak’s side. Power delegation is useless now. 

The people of Egypt are disappointed, furious, mad, angry, wishing Mubarak never opened his mouth. He said nothing, gave nothing, made more fake promises. When he spoke about the Constitution, reforms and emergency law it was like history repeating itself again, like Sadat’s assassination in 1981. 

Mr. President, you spit in our faces. You don’t care about Egypt any longer. Please stop calling us sons, brothers or sisters. Don’t tell us not to watch the news on satellite channels, to close Facebook and Twitter. It’s too late for that now. 

What are you waiting for to step down, Mr. President? Is it your ego? How much more are you going to cost Egypt: more people, more deterioration of the economy. 

Your refusal of foreign interference is telling. It’s like the old gang getting together again. Arab world leaders are standing by you because they know they are next. 

Mr. President, when history mentions your name, it’ll be in shame. 

Reda Saeed is an Institute for Education Fellow on the ground in Cairo.