Shortly before the announcement of Mr. Mubarak’s departure, the military issued a communiqué pledging to carry out a variety of constitutional reforms in a statement remarkable for its commanding tone. The military’s statement alluded to the delegation of power to Mr. Suleiman and it suggested that the military would supervise implementation of the reforms.
The military did not indicate whether it intended to take the kinds of fundamental steps toward democracy that protesters have been demanding. This was the second direct statement from the military in two days, and it largely stuck to the main constitutional and electoral reforms that Mr. Mubarak and Mr. Suleiman had promised to implement. It was not immediately clear whether Mr. Suleiman would retain a role, under the military council, in running the country.
NY Times: Mubarak Steps Down, Ceding Power to Military, February 11, 2011
The West may be worried that the crisis will bring democracy too quickly to Egypt and empower the Muslim Brotherhood. But the real concern is that the regime will only shed its corrupt civilians, leaving its military component as the only player left standing. Indeed, when General Omar Suleiman, the recently appointed vice president to whom Mubarak entrusted presidential powers last night, threatened on February 9 that the Egyptian people must choose between either the current regime or a military coup, he only increased the sense that the country was being held hostage.
Foreign Affairs: Mubarakism Without Mubarak, February 11, 2011
The Guardian: Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak resigns - video, February 11, 2011
The New Yorker: The Shoes Did It, February 11, 2011
Die Zeit: Mubarak tritt zurück – Militär übernimmt Macht, 11. Februar 2011
DerStandard: Chronologie - Rücktritt nach vier Protest-Wochen, 11. Februar 2011
The Economist: Ripples, spreading, February 10, 2011
Foreign Affairs: Morning in Tunisia, January 16, 2011
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