Revolution or coup? .. June 30 strayed on the sixth anniversary

Despite the passage of six years, the demonstrations of June 30, 2013 did not take place, the debate is still renewed among the Egyptians on the description between the popular revolution and the military coup.

As usual, Egypt's social networking sites have been dominated by a split, irony and a mutual attack of insults on the sixth anniversary of the June 30 protests, which its supporters see as a popular uprising. Its critics see it as a rebellion against popular will. Others insist it is a full-fledged military coup.

The leaders of the sites shared images and videos that confirmed the story of each team, and heated up discussions about the characterization of demonstrations against President-elect Mohamed Morsi, who died days ago inside the courtroom.

"The anniversary of the June 30 revolution is still alive in the memory of this generation, which rose up defending its most cherished, most valuable principles and values ​​and its authentic Egyptian identity," President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Sunday.

"The loyalty of the Egyptians to Egypt and their rejection of any attempt to erase their national identity are facts that do not change by time. This is an authentic and loyal people, and its attachment to its homeland and identity transcends any affiliation and above any narrow interests of groups or external parties who believed that their terrorism "Black will win the will of a nation that made history, and humanity inspired the meaning of sacrifice for the homeland."

He added that "the masses of the Egyptian people painted in the June 30 revolution a path we are going to take, which is the priority of protecting and preserving the country, and then developing and developing it, to make Egypt a developed country." In the past years we succeeded in destroying the infrastructure of terrorist organizations that tried to weaken the state "He said.

Revolution
Many social networking leaders continued to support the June 30 demonstrations, asserting that it was a popular uprising that succeeded in overthrowing the Muslim Brotherhood. The army responded only to this popular will, as was the case in the January 25 revolution.

Some said Egypt suffered under the rule of the late President Mohamed Morsi from chaos, terrorism, low services and high prices. Sisi managed to restore Egypt to its international and regional status and keep it from collapsing like neighboring countries such as Syria, Yemen and Libya.

coup
On the other hand, the critics of the June 30 demonstrations continued to describe the military coup, or the popular cover that paved the way for the coup. Some ridiculed what happened in Egypt after six years of glowing promises of political and economic reform, citing rising prices, closing the public sphere and expanding political arrests to include many June 30 supporters and those who disagreed with Sisi.

In the same context, some participants in these demonstrations expressed their lack of support for the military coup, asserting that their demands were related to the early presidential elections and the peaceful transfer of power and the continuation of civil political life, but the army leadership and the deep state took advantage of the demonstrations as a cover for the military coup.