REACHING rule could be the point from where one could start enforcing certain vision and policy, but for others it could be the start of losing vision and aborting certain policies. In the first case, the party that would obtain rule would be working for establishing a position in political life by adopting policies serving the national interest of the country and attracting public support to its projects. However, in the second case, the party might start to collapse, as is the case with the Muslim Brotherhood (MB). After more than eight decades of struggle to reach rule the MB seems more occupied in consolidating political gains, rather than working on establishing their roots in the new political soil the January Revolution has created. This strange approach taken by the movement to dominate the different state and governmental authorities has shocked the entire society, being accompanied by breaking many of the promises the president made pertaining to the political democratic drive the people chose. That is why demonstrations and strikes have emerged again after the passing of about seven months of rule. What is really shocking is the attempt of some senior MB members to become renegades from the movement on sensing its deviation from the original goals and principles it adopted since Hassan el-Banna founded it in 1928. On the other hand, the movement, according to some former members, started to suffer deconstruction from within due to the ongoing competition in gaining political positions among its senior members. The biggest threat, still, is the ongoing resignations of hundreds of young Muslim Brothers, whether they joined the party formed by the former MB leader Abdel Moneim Abul Fotouh or quit the movement after some MB members violently assaulted peaceful demonstrators last November in front of Al-Itihadeya Palace. Many of those young people were really shocked at seeing the wide gap between the good morals in which they were raised and the inappropriate political practices and manoeuvres their leaders are following after reaching rule. One hopes the MB leaders, including President Morsi, will soon realise this threat and speedily amend their stance to restore their good image in the eyes not only of their youthful members but also of all their supporters and the entire Egyptian society. Even though they keep urging citizens to protest against the MB's wrong policies, most of the opposition powers do not seek to topple Morsi's regime so as not to drive the country into chaos and violence. In the national interest of Egypt, all the political forces should work on ensuring the success of the democratic experiment brought in by the January 25 Revolution.
