30 Years In Government : Hosni Mubarak

It was absolutely a historic moment in Egypt's history - Hosni Mubarak finally stepped down after 30 years as the Egypt's president on Friday.His resignation as president of Egypt has been greeted with a huge outburst of joy by thousands of egyptions in Cairo's Tahrir Square.It's evident that this old man has caused many troubles to the country.The Egyptians has always wanted to have the opportunity to speak in the government. But if you really opposed him, he would torture you like mad , or even send you to jail.Don't you think that's too absurd? He would sometimes send his people to jail for no good and valid reason.It's a shame that many people suffered economically and socially, and they have no rights.It seems like most of the arab presidents are dictators , and the people are just too afraid of them.Plus one thing for sure that roughly 45 million people ( that is more than half of egypts population) lives on less than 2 dollers a day and obviously that's a pain in the ass.To my surprise , he was quite poor when he took office but now he and is family own 50-70 billion dollars.How did he get so much money?Mubarak, of course, was a military man , but not a businessman. I know he was in government for many years but how possibly can he be that filthy rich? Don't you think that it's just strange that his people couldnt even affored simple deprivations such as food while he can have billions of dollers?That sounds more like sheer corruption to me.Also , he does not deserve to keep all those money while his people are starving there.Although Mubarak had been working on a set of economic reforms, they stalled during the global recession. The chronic lack of jobs and upward mobility was perhaps the biggest factor driving millions of enraged Egyptian youths into the streets, demanding for a change.This fellow had seriously caused a huge mess in egypt man.Make no mistake that the massive and unprecedented demonstration for Mubarak resignation has caught people's attention all across the world.It's a topic that most newspaper would have it on their front page.Leading up to the protests , it's saddening that many casualties and 365 deaths were being reported leaving their loved ones behind during the riot and many students/workers from abroad were sent back to their own countries.However , the opposition members in tandem with the egyptians had tried their very best to make Mubarak step down.They fought with tens of thousands of extremely violent police,it was an excruciating and hectic process , they probably turned violent too. I think it's safe to say that I'm glad that the Vice President had announced that Mubarak stepped down as president and turning power over to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces on February 11.But still will Egypt be better even after a new government?I hope there will be an important opportunity at this moment in time to implement political, economic and social reforms to respond to the rightful needs and interests of the Egyptian people.