Tamarod

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Tamarod ( Arabic تمرّد, DMG tamarrud ) means “rebellion”, “uprising”; it is the name of a grassroots movement and petition in Egypt with the support of the army under General As-Sisi that began during the 2013 protests in Egypt against President Mohamed Morsi on April 28, 2013 and lasted until June 30, 2013. The 28-year-old journalist Mahmoud Badr is considered to be the movement's founder, although many of its members consider him to be too military-friendly.

One aim of the campaign was to show how strong the opposition to the incumbent president is. He is being asked to resign and the campaign is also intended to encourage him to hold new presidential elections in Egypt before his mandate expires .

The targeted number of 15 million signatures by the first anniversary of Morsi's inauguration on June 30, 2013 was, according to his own statements, exceeded by more than 7 million on June 29, 2013 (22,134,460 votes). In a televised statement on the afternoon of July 1, Army Chief General Abdel Fatah al-Sisi gave all political forces an ultimatum of 48 hours. On the evening of 3 July 2013, the government of the Muslim Brotherhood deposed; New elections have been announced.

The reasons for the rebellion

The following points, written in the Egyptian-Arabic dialect , are given as reasons for the “Aktion Rebellion” :

Withdrawal of confidence in the Muslim Brotherhood Organization

Withdrawal of trust in Mohammed Mursi al-ʿAyyāṭ

  • because public safety has still not returned to the streets - we don't want you
  • because the poor man still has no place to live - we don't want you;
  • because we are still begging abroad - we don't want you;
  • because the right of the martyrs did not come - we do not want you;
  • because we and my country have no dignity - we don't want you;
  • because the economy has collapsed and is only begging - we don't want you;
  • because he is subordinate to the Americans - we don't want you.

This is followed by the following statement:

“Since the takeover of power by Mohammed Morsi al-ʿAyyāṭ, the common citizen has felt that none of the goals of the revolution have been achieved. Goals such as livelihood, freedom, social justice and national independence. Morsi failed to implement them as a whole, because he achieved neither security nor social justice. Rather, he proved that he had failed - in the strictest sense of the word, and that he was unsuitable to lead a country the size of Egypt. "

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  1. ↑ Kefaya says Tamarod campaign is not under auspices of Kefaya movement . April 30, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2013. 
  2. ↑ The 28-year-old who pulls the strings in the background , Tagesanzeiger Zurich, July 3, 2013, online: [1]
  3. ↑ Egypt's 'Rebel' campaign gathered 22 mn signatures, says spokesman . June 29, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2013. 
  4. ↑ NZZ, July 2, 2013