Tunisia, Egypt: Is the transition working?

I'd like to debate this topic,

Constitutional reforms for a people must not be what an outsider may think right for the people. Constitutional expert of Tunisia and Egypt should be made to draft the country's Constitution, then it will be put to the citizen by way of a referendum, which the people will accept or reject.

Since leaving the transitional program in the hands of the incumbent government looks more like asking a dog to look after meat, I am of the opinion that involving external body is a welcome development. Again civil should also take a premium position in this process. Nsukka, Enugu state, Nigeria.

I must have been the only person in the world (literally) who failed to notice a revolution in the Arab world. It's all supposed to have started in Tunisia because the military had become fed up with the Ben Ali family and encouraged him to flee. What I noticed, instead, was that he left in place essentially the same repressive state apparatus and subordinates, some of whom still rule as I write.

The Egyptian one was even more glaring. As the global media and their chosen "experts" (who somehow, never saw these events coming despite their "expertise") droned on about how things had changed beyond recognition, I couldn't help but notice that nothing had changed at all, apart from Mubarak taking a "well-earned" holiday. Even the military, who were touted as being on the people's side quickly made it clear what they were prepared to tolerate. And again, the same repressive apparatus that served Mubarak so well remains.

Then Yemen, Bahrain, and Libya were supposed to be next, weren't they? Dream on. As for Saudi Arabia, well...need I say more?

The leaderless Egyptian revolution has been hijAcked.
Essam Sharaf's pledges - long into the future - will soon be forgotten.
Esam Saharaf was a former minister under the Mubarak regime. Mubarak would not have placed positioned him unless he was a good yes-man. Sharaf is a member of the ruling NDP party; the Egyptian people are calling for disbanding of the NDP party. It's not likely that Sharaf will abandon NDP.
There is danger Egypt's revolt will fail because it has no leader. Revolutions must have an idea + a leader. All we have right now are frustrated people. All the people know is where they do not want to end up. I fear at the end the Egyptian people are going to expend all of this blood & energy and there will be no fundamental change. It will be business as usual.
This will be a satisfactory conclusion for Israel and the United States.
Already the US and Israel have their people on the ground.
Two US senators have been to Tahrir Square - Lieberman and McCain.
Both are staunch Israel sipporters. Lieberman was quoted later saying he is very hopeful and optimistic about the revolution.

I believe the new government in Egypt should look to other countries who enjoy democracy and base their new government after models that have proven to work in the past. Cultural differences will allot for some differences; however, some traditions will have to be overturned in order to adapt to a more democratic form of government.

I think it will take a time period for the people, and the Military of Egypt to come to a compromise. Now that the people have a taste of freedom, they might take it to mob rule which never works. The new government is in a very fragile state right now, and I hope the Military leaders use this chance to make changes! The spread of Democracy starts now!

I will say that it is hard to measure the effect of the rebellion in Tunisia and Egypt. It will take some time for these places to cool off, and only then will we be able to see if it changed anything for the better. Even if it doesn't change much in the long-run, it is interesting to see this pattern of uprising.

If nothing more, it is good to see that the man is not too afraid to stand up for himself when pressured.

African leaders are gully for success because they think nobody deserved it. Corruption is the key to them. they also gully for money. that while when they become president, they take power as their property.

Yes, There Is Every Need For This Time To To Put The Head Up And Deliberately Bring A Reformation In These Countries. The People's Contributions' Must Not Be Ignored But Measured And Majority Attested Thu4 A People State.