"The ruling military council said it intends to retain power for six months or longer while elections are scheduled and will rule by decree. It suspended the constitution and said a committee will draw up amendments that will be put to a referendum. It also dissolved the widely discredited parliament, elected in a tainted ballot last year," the Guardian reports. Since the fall of the Mubarak regime on February on the 11th of February, the military has taken power and promised change but some protesters are still awaiting the elections until they are confident their revolution has reached its end. In fact, "activists returned to Tahrir Square in their thousands to demand faster pace to the reforms". This is not the only reason some protesters have continued demonstrations. They also want to have political prisoners released and they want a new cabinet without figures from the old Mubarak regime. Furthermore, Hosni Mubarak is to be put on trial and will be responsible for his 31 years of rule. To calm the protesters the "ruling military council has promised elections within six months." But activists have still chanted "Revolution until victory". It is fair for protesters to want elections as soon as possible after having waited for over 30 years for an opportunity. This must be kept in mind by the military until they are able to schedule an election. After all, history has sometimes had a revolution only to lead to more bad rulers, as seen in the French Revolution with leaders like Robespierre. It is certain that this revolution has been successful and will achieve democracy in Egypt soon and for that one can praise the Egyptian people. For the claims the demonstrators had were indeed legitimate and today have proved to better Egyptian society, and possibly also the economy as reforms are scheduled to be put into place. As this extraordinary revolution slowly ends, the world can learn a lesson from the Egyptian and Middle Eastern youth: if people want a change strongly enough, then they will fight for it until it is achieved. This Arab Spring is far from over, but already flowers have begun to blossom where there was once only dirt.
