Revolutions rarely have an easy birth. It’s what happens after the revolution is born that is troublesome, when the counter-revolution gathers its forces and when everyone tries to grab a piece of the cake.
Overthrowing tyrants is hard enough. Introducing the changes that rid the country of years of corruption and nepotism is a lot harder. The real tasks of the revolution are the ones that happen after the tyrant has departed.
The 30 June revolution is still taking its first steps towards much- needed reform. And it is a task that is being undertaken just as the counter-revolution moves in to undermine everything that has been achieved so far. Therefore, we need to stand firm and keep the spirit of 30 June alive, for this is the spirit that will keep us going forward.
We’ve just had a revolution that dazzled the world. Not that we’ve brought down a regime, but that we’ve done it without shedding blood. And we’ve proven to the world that major powers had got it all wrong. What we’ve achieved so swiftly, with sheer determination, was beyond their wildest dreams.