Socialist International finally kicks out Mubarak

Posted By Joshua Keating Thursday, February 3, 2011 - 11:26 AM Share

The Socialist International -- the global federation of center-left parties that includes Britain's Labour Party and the French Socialist Party -- finally got around to expelling Hosni Mubarak's National Democratic Party this week, after giving Tunisia's RCD the boot last month. In a letter to the NDP, the International's Secretary General writes:

The current massive calls being made  today by the citizens of Egypt  for freedoms and
rights point to the dramatic failure of the Egyptian government to deliver to its people
and to the failings of the NDP to live up to its promises. The use of violence, with scores
dead and injured, is totally incompatible with the policies and principles of any social
democratic party anywhere in the world.  

Consequently, we consider that a party in government that does not listen, that does
not move  and that does not immediately initiate a process of meaningful  change  in
these circumstances, cannot be a member of the Socialist International.
 
We are, as of today, ceasing the membership of the NDP,  however we  remain
determined  to cooperate with all the democrats in Egypt striving to achieve an open,
democratic, inclusive and secular state. 

The obvious point here is that it's a bit rich for the International to suddenly discover that the NDP isn't democratic -- when it joined the federation in 1989, Egypt had already been under emergency rule for nine years. For that matter, it hasn't even been particularly socialist in recent years.

The International may want to consider a thorough housecleaning of its membership list. I notice, for instance, that still-refusing-to-step-down President Laurent Gbagbo's Ivorian Popular Front  is still listed as a member.

 

MR PERTINET

9:16 PM ET

February 4, 2011

Côte D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast).

“The International may want to consider a thorough housecleaning of its membership list. I notice, for instance, that still-refusing-to-step-down President Laurent Gbagbo's Ivorian Popular Front is still listed as a member.”

Have you considered that contrary to views propagated in the West mainly via news media’s report, President Gbagbo have actually won the election in Côte D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast).

Don’t you think that his people would have vomited him if was the dictator or tyrant the West is trying to portray him to be? They done so with the general who tried to still Mr Gbagbo’s victory in 2000 just as the people of Tunisia have vomited Mr Ben Ali and now, Egypt is trying to oust Mubarak!

In Côte D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) the people is at work despite numerous calls from Mr Ouattara (the internationally designated victor of the election) is calling for civil disobedience. Either you underestimate the people of Côte D’Ivoire or you give too much credence to Mr Ouattara.

Research this story well, get your fact well and you find out that the France and the UN have misled everyone. The credibility of the UN and other institutions are now at stake.

 

MR PERTINET

9:36 PM ET

February 4, 2011

Corrigendum - Côte D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast).

“The International may want to consider a thorough housecleaning of its membership list. I notice, for instance, that still-refusing-to-step-down President Laurent Gbagbo's Ivorian Popular Front is still listed as a member.”

Have you considered that contrary to views propagated in the West mainly via news media’s report, President Gbagbo have actually won the election in Côte D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast).

Don’t you think that his people would have vomited him if was the dictator or tyrant the West is portraying him to be? The Ivorian people took the streets in 2000 to prevent the chief of the then Junta (an army general) from stealing Mr Gbagbo’s victory, just as the people of Tunisia have vomited Mr Ben Ali and now Egyptian is trying to oust Mr Mubarak!

In Côte D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) the people is at work despite numerous calls for civil disobedience from Mr Ouattara (the internationally designated victor of the election). Either you underestimate the people of Côte D’Ivoire or you give too much credence to Mr Ouattara.

Research this story well, get your facts right and you will find out that France and the UN have misled everyone. As a result, the credibility of the UN and other institutions are now at stake.

 

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