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K-nrnaeo4tRECEIVEDRepublic of the PhiliPPinesTTOUSUOF
REPRESENTATT\TESQuezon CitYFIFTEENTH CONGRESSFirst Regular
Session
HouspREsd,ii$t'ollwo. 896
INTRoDUCEDBYAI{AKPAuilsPARTY.LISTREPRESENTATIVERAFAEL V.
MARIANO
A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT AND SOLIDARITY TO THE PEOPLEOF
BGYPT AI{D APPLAUDING THEIR BRA\IERY AND DETERMINATION
TOFIGHTTHESo-YEARAUTHoRITARIANRuLEoFHoSNIMUBARAKANDESTABLISHAGENUINEDEMocRATIcGoVERNMENT
WHEREAS, the people of Egrpt have been under the authoritarian
rule of itsPresidentHosniMubarakforthepast30years;WIIEREAS, last
January 25,2OI1, massive rallies have spread across Eg4ptstarting
with the 'Oay oi Rage'demonstration in Cairo that was called to
protestagainst the widespread and lingering poverty, unemployment,
police brutalityand government cormption under Mubarak's
rule;WHEREAS, protests have escalated and reached'other key cities
like Alexandriaand suez as well as countryside towns. Hundreds have
been arrested butprotesters ".ia tir"v *itt ,roi gr"" tJ ""tif
their demand
for Mubarak's ouster ismet;wrrEREAS, bloody clashes took place
between the raged Egrptian people andpolice that left *"o,"* dead
and injured. Gov.ernT:"t forces used tear gas, watercalrnons and
batons to disper"" p"ot""t"'"' th" Mubarak government censoredall
forms of media and clamped down internet and mobile phone
serviceproviders in the country;WHEREAS, the intensified political
situation and protests forced Mubarak toappoint a new Prime
Minister and vice President'
-severalmembers of thecabinet also resigned to give way ior the
formation of a new government butMubarak himself has not stepped
down. The more Mubarak insists on clingingto power, more *J*ot"
ngrptians go out
of the streets to join the protests tocall for his ouster;
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wllEREAs,thishappeninginEryptisaturningpointinthecountry,shistory.The
wave of protests ,epreserrt"d tt" i*g*i Ji*i;v of popular
dissatisfactionagainst Mubarak since L977;
WHEREAS,highunemplo5rment,risingfoodprices,political.'"p1T:]onandpoor
living conditions becam" ".tJy*t"fot ttt" p"opi""'uprising against
theUnited States-supported Mubarak rule;WHEREAS, Mubarak is the
fourth president of the Arab Republic of Egrlpt thathas a
populatio;;f J; 8Omillionli" .""nmed p-residencyafter
theassassination or Arr*r, ur-sra"t. il;;;uk *." a'fo*"t *itittry
man turnedautocratic leader;*HEREA', the pro-democracy-protests in
Erypt was triggered by the recentuprising in Tuni"# u""i .ppGd ;;;
;-year frie of zitt" Bt-Rbidine Ben Ali;
trIIIEREAS, according to the International kague of
Peoples',Struggle (ILPS)',,the mass uprisings sweeping serr"rul
Arab countries have shifted their
focusfromTunisiatoEsrpt,acountfy*""t'biggerin-termsoflandsize,populationand
strategic valu! in the "onni"iu"i*""tiTne uS-Zionist combineon the
one
hand and the prr""iirriur, *a n ^i o""o": on the other hand and
in the usglobal war ot.terror unleashing state teirorism' wa'rs of
aggression'
occupationandtherendluonofUSfoestottretorturechambersofEgrpt";WHEREAS,accordingtoNewPatrioticAlliance(Bayan)Pgrptisconsideredbythe
United sta;;;-l;*t"ulirr"g r"t-"";ttl-ryO.Olt bast' It has often
beendescribed as the closest
nArab ir?; of the U'S' I\^ubarak has toed the US line onkey
ssue*"*"ti;; til Israeli ";'"n1fr:1t4"-Une' Egrpt s also
mportantfor the us policy of containi"g -;;"ilJ "I*l"*i"
extremists" in the region;l[l l
lEREAs,itisonlyjusttoexpresssupportandsolidaritytothepeopleofErypt
for risinf"p *ia striving lo o,r"rttoro* the oppressive and
exploitativeMubarak ,"*i;"Tr;," ""i"uri'"h * g"rr.rite
democratic
government;
Now'THEREFoRE'BEITRESoL\IEDAsITIsHEREBYRESoLVED,thattheHouseofRepresentativesexpresslupporjandsolidaritytotlrepeopleofErypt
ana applr.:udtheir Ur"rr"r1i*J deteimination to fight the
3o-yearauthoritarian rule of Hosni MtiJJ anJe"taulish a genuine
democraticgovernment.Adopted,
