Change will come to Egypt - But time and good organization is needed

In 1989 millions of people went out on the streets every Monday to protest for more rights in the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany). On the 9th of November 1989 the Berlin Wall was opened. It took 11 months till Germany was reunified on the 3rd of October 1990.

I know that the situation in Egypt is not the same, but there are similarities. Everyone in Egypt knows that there have been crimes done by the ruling regime. A few people got very rich through corruption and favors by friends. There was no freedom of speech, freedom of press or free and fair elections. Human rights were treated very badly. Before Mubarak came to power 1/5 of the population were poor now its 1/3 of the population. 

Even on the days of violence (2nd of Feb. - 3rd of Feb.) the people who a feared to loose power stroke back. Why were only the pro Mubarak crowd at Tahir square so violent but not those in the other parts of the city? Why was there secret police in the pro Mubarak crowd? Why did they came with buses? Why did all of them had weapons? Why did the military let them through even tho a day before everyone else was checked if he/she has weapons? Why did the police left the streets? Why did police released prisoners and weapons were given to them? Why were so many journalists, and human right activist arrested and beaten up?

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/06/weekinreview/06held.html?_r=2&ref=souadmekhennet

Has Mubarak still the power? Are his followers so scared to loose power after he will leave? Many became rich under him, mainly because of corruption and criminal intrigues. Are those people behind all these crimes happened a few days ago? Gamal Mubarak has influence to all big companies in Egypt, is this a coincident? 

There has to be a fair investigation by independent people. But who knows if the truth ever come out.

Now is the time to change the political landscape to a free and democratic country, which respects the universal declaration of human rights from the UN. But change needs it time. As my German Chancellor Angela Merkel said today to the Egyptian people: "If you're in this kind of process of upheaval, things just can't go fast enough," Merkel said. But, she added, it doesn't make sense to hold elections very quickly "as the beginning of a process of democratization — you have to give people a chance to create structures."

A transformation from an dictatorship to a democratic state needs its time. I am happy that the European Union said, that it is on the Egyptian people to change their country and that we don't want to interfere. But we can help to build up a Better Egypt as an equal partner.