{"id":4685,"date":"2011-02-13T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-13T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buletinonline.net\/v7\/index.php\/2011\/02\/egyptian-peoples-power-the-berlin-wall-moment-of-the-muslim-world\/"},"modified":"2011-02-13T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-13T07:30:00","slug":"egyptian-peoples-power-the-berlin-wall-moment-of-the-muslim-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/egyptian-peoples-power-the-berlin-wall-moment-of-the-muslim-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Egyptian people&#8217;s power &#8211; the Berlin Wall moment of the Muslim world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/buletinonline.net\/v7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/201112518910508738_20.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"http:\/\/buletinonline.net\/http:\/\/buletinonline.net\/v7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/201112518910508738_20.jpg\" style=\"float: left;\" \/>The Democratic Action Party (DAP) congratulates the people of Egypt  who successfully forced the exit of President Hosni Mubarak yesterday  after a 18-day mass protest which started on 25th January 2011.<\/p>\n<p>On 11<sup>th<\/sup> February 2011 the world witnessed once again the triumph of democracy.<\/p>\n<p>The end of Mubarak&#8217;s thirty-year autocratic rule of Egypt,  following the end of Ben Ali&#8217;s 23-year rule of Tunisia, has  ramifications beyond its shores.<\/p>\n<p>All autocrats and dictators that survive on manipulating elections,  controlling the media and crushing legitimate dissents with police  brutality, are put on notice by the sudden wave of democratisation in  the Middle East and North Africa.<\/p>\n<p>It is also a clear signal to governments that have previously  ignored the challenges posed by unplanned urban growth, youth  unemployment and under-employment, growing inflation and inequality, as  well as corruption.<\/p>\n<p>The fall of Mubarak is the Berlin Wall moment of the Muslim World and together we can build a democratic world. <\/p>\n<p>**<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><em>Media statement by Liew Chin Tong in George Town on Saturday, 12<sup>th<\/sup> February 2011<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">,\u00a0 DAP International Secretary &amp; MP for Bukit Bendera<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Democratic Action Party (DAP) congratulates the people of Egypt who successfully forced the exit of President Hosni Mubarak yesterday after a 18-day mass protest which started on 25th January 2011. On 11th February 2011 the world witnessed once again the triumph of democracy. The end of Mubarak&#8217;s thirty-year autocratic rule of Egypt, following the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"better_featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4685"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4685\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}