JUNE 30; some liken the day to the second revolution, others consider it as a continuation of January 25 uprising. Meanwhile, I personally believe that it is a reforming revolution that aims at correcting the many mistakes the revolutionary and political powers committed in 2011 and caused their revolution to divert from its main drive. The first of these errors was to leave Tahrir Square a few hours after unseating Mubarak without drawing up a roadmap for rebuilding the main state institutions or naming a revolutionary front or leader to speak on their behalf, This time, the revolutionary powers have realised their mistake and have created a front presenting a roadmap for the coming stage. Even though this front will not be in charge of ruling the country in the transitional period, whoever assumes rule should definitely consider the vision of the young revolutionaries this time and work on employing their great potential in the political process. The other major error the politicians made after the January 25 Revolution was their inability to unite in a single strong political party presenting a comprehensive vision of the country's development to convince the public to vote for them in the parliamentary and presidential elections. Hopefully, this time the opposition powers will benefit from their unity under the National Salvation Front and work together on presenting a comprehensive project saving the country from its different political, economic, social and security crises. They should also work on including many of the youth that led the Tamarad (Rebellion) movement in their lines and present them to the public in the coming parliamentary elections. On one hand, many of the noted figures of the opposition lost some of their credibility and appeal in society, either because of their weak performance under the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) or because of the propaganda the MB launched against them that partially influenced public opinion. On the other hand, it is wrong to neglect the huge capacity and efforts of those young people that never lost hope in their cause and struggled to restore their revolution to its drive after been swallowed by the Islamist parties. They are the one that should soon lead political life in Egypt and the start should be made via the next parliament. One of the Egyptians' many mistakes following their first revolution was busily pursuing members of the toppled regime rather than creating a democratic machinery for building their modern state in such a way as to smoothly and peacefully secure safe rotation of authority, Of course, many victims fell during the first 18 days of the January 25 Rrevolution, during the transitional period under rule of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) and under the MB rule of President Mohamed Morsi. With full respect for their sacrifice and the sufferings and rights of their families, still concentrating efforts on questioning those involved in the events that caused those martyrs to fall would mean continuing going round in a vicious circle of revenge. This would not enable giving enough time to build the country or at least salvaging the economy from its acute crisis. That is why toppling the MB regime should be followed by reconciliation with the past and a call for joint work with different powers; civil and Islamist, to rebuild the state institutions on the basis of understanding and respect for all factions of society and citizenship rights. And this is the responsibility of the authority that assumes rule during the transitional period as well as the civil opposition powers and the media, which should give up the speech of hatred against the toppled regimes and their supporters. The most important step the entire people should take now, to amend the defects of the past, is to refrain from holding any strikes by sectors seeking pay rise or any working demands especially while the economy suffers such a yawning deficit. Herein comes the importance of having a patriotic leadership to gather the people around a great national dream to achieve together, as Gamal Abdul Nasser once did in the 1950s. At the time the Egyptians closed ranks around their leader to rebuild their economy, effecting agricultural reforms, building a giant industrial sector and launching a reform programme ensuring social justice for the majority of the Egyptians. Fulfilling that ambitious dream of building the modern democratic civil state of Egypt will not be such an easy mission. However, it would still be possible if we concentrated the efforts on anticipating the future rather than wallowing in past faults.
