It is true that the January 25 revolution had no leader. Yet, it has been supported by some noted figures at the different fields of the media, arts, culture, judiciary, medicine, economy and social affairs. Those persons had a strong presence in Tahrir Square during the days of the revolution and even in most – if not all – gatherings and events during the transitional period to put pressure on the requisite steps being fulfilled towards creating democratic rule. However, the greatest mistake of those enlightened persons, which one could term the elite, was their failure to gather the revolutionary powers and young activists into a unified identity or political party to transform the revolutionary principles into a working programme. If this had happened, it would have sufficed to ensure the success of the revolutionaries in dominating the legislative and executive authority. However, the dispersal of the revolutionary powers and the members of the elite brought a parliament with a majority of Islamists and the Muslim Brothers' candidate to the Presidential Palace. It is true that the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) participated in the revolution with the other revolutionary powers, yet they abandoned them Midway to achieve some political gains. Meanwhile, these same civil revolutionary powers turned to support the MB candidate Mohammed Morsi in his fierce competition against Ahmed Shafiq, the final prime minister of the Mubarak regime. The support was conditional on the MB not dominating the presidential institution and the government with a single faction and to allow all political powers to be present in the executive authority represented in government as well as the presidential institution. However, once President-elect Morsi won the race, we started hearing suggestions of names of some noted figures as suggested vice-presidents and aides to the president, as well as heads of the new government. Shortly after that, the press began to refer to those persons apologising and declinin the position, with the pretext of accepting to work with the Muslim Brotherhood! This same mistake was committed by members of the elite, who refrained from participating in the two governments of Essam Sharaf and Kamal el-Ganzouri respectively under the transitional rule of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF). However, they spared no effort in criticising the work of the two governments and making them responsible for the chronic economic and financial crises the country has suffered for more than a year and half. Now, they are repeating the same mistake by expressing verbal support for President-elect Morsi and then refraining from offering real assistance to him in running the affairs of the country at such a critical stage. The responsibility is very heavy, and all honest Egyptians should take part in sharing, each according to his or her potential and specialisations. Otherwise, one should not blame the new president if he goes on to name some old colleagues of the Muslim Brotherhood at the Presidency and the Government.
