Hosni Mubarak is to announce within the next hour that he will not stand for re-‘election’ in September, apparantly labouring under the impression that the Egyptian public will tolerate another 7 months of his rule. Surely one of his advisors must be astute enough to understand that the people of Egypt wont tolerate another 7 days?
The protest sign above has been representative of the position of the Egyptian protestors; they’re not going home until he’s out of power. With the crowds in Tahrir square and around Egypt growing into the millions, the army refusing to support what has become a Presidency in name only, the U.S. dropping their support for Mubarak and the public increasingly emboldened every day, Mubarak should take this chance to bow out and hand over the country to real progressives, instead of trying to eke out every last moment of power that he can.
The Egyptian public could not be clearer: Mubarak, your time has passed. Step aside now, not later, and give them the change they want, need and so greatly deserve - they’re not going home until they get it.
