Mahfudz said here on Saturday that the toppling of Mubarak would be marked with a domino effect of political change in the Middle East which was still controlled by authoritarian regimes.
"President Mubarak resigned after having been in office for 30 years will mark mark a new phase of the political map in the Arab region, characterized by regeneration of leadership, policy reorientation towards the strengthening of Pan-Arabism, and the rearrangement of Arab relations with the west especially Israel," Mahfudz Sidik said.
According to him, the western world led by the United States would have to work hard to oversee the transitional process, and to make a new regime which will appear as a leader in Egypt remains in great in
Mahfudz said Egypt and Tunisia should be able to learn from other Muslim countries` democratic transitional experiences.
"The Egyptian public elements should anticipate the consolidation weak elements of civil power and the hegemony of the strong foreign interest agenda," he said, adding that Turkey could be a good "benchmark" for democratic transition in Arab region.
AFP reported that Mubarak was forced to cede power Friday to a junta of senior military commanders after more than a million demonstrators took to the streets, culminating an 18-day uprising in the Arab world`s most populous country.
Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman announced the handover on state television after an extraordinary national outpouring of rage brought vast crowds into the streets across the country.
"President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak has decided to leave the post of president of the republic and has tasked the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to manage the state`s affairs," Suleiman was quoted by AFP as saying.
In Washington, US President Barack Obama said the people of Egypt had spoken after history moved at a "blinding pace."
The new man in the strongman`s shoes is Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, chairman of the military council and a 75-year-old veteran who has always been considered a close Mubarak ally.(*)
Editor: Ruslan Burhani
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