Mwamwambo wabwino kwambiri wa olamulira ankhanza, Hosni Mubarak adalanda chuma cha Egypt, ndikusiya maudindo ndi zambiri. $ 70 biliyoni mu akaunti yakubanki ya banja lake pomwe akupereka ngongole ya $30 biliyoni kwa anthu aku Egypt. Zine el Abidine Ben Ali asiya $ 15 biliyoni kwa anthu aku Tunisia, kutenga zochulukirapo $3 biliyoni yekha. Pamene maulamuliro ambiri akugwa pansi, kotero kupanda chilungamo kumeneku kudzachuluka.
Ongongole enieni aku Egypt, Tunisia ndi kwina si mayiko akumadzulo omwe adagwiritsa ntchito ngongole kuti athandizire anyamata awo olimba m'maiko onse achi Arabu - ndi anthu amayikowa omwe adavutika pansi paulamulirowu. Mayiko a Kumadzulo tsopano akuyenera kubweza ngongolezo potsegula ngongole zawo kuti anthu aziwunika, kubwezera katundu wa Mubarak ndi abwenzi ake omwe adasungidwa ku Ulaya ndi US, ndikuchotsa ngongole zopanda chilungamo kudziko lonse la Aarabu. Anthu a ku Aigupto sayenera kupitiriza kulipira ngongole ya Western complicity kupyolera mu kubweza ngongole zazikulu.
Ndizosavuta kuti atsogoleri a ku America ndi Britain apereke mawu abwino kwa anthu a m'mayiko apolisi awa omwe apirira ziphuphu, kuzunzidwa ndi kuphwanya ufulu wa anthu kwa zaka zambiri. M'malo mwake Tony Blair wakhala wowerengera moona mtima kwambiri za vutoli. Ngakhale atsogoleri ambiri aku Western adatsitsa Mubarak mwachangu kotero kuti mukudabwa kuti boma lake losakondedwa lidakhalabe paulamuliro kwa nthawi yayitali bwanji, Prime Minister wakale waku Britain adamutcha bwenzi lake "kulimba mtima kwakukulu ndi mphamvu yabwino".
Kwa US ndi Europe, Mubarak analidi kasitomala wabwino kwambiri. Egypt ikubweza ngongole zake, zambiri zomwe mosakayikira zinali zokomera boma osati anthu, pamlingo wa $3 biliyoni pachaka. Ndalamazi zapatutsa zomwe zikanagwiritsidwa ntchito popititsa patsogolo moyo wa Aigupto wamba. Kuchokera mu 1981, dziko la Egypt lalipira ngongole zokwana madola 80 biliyoni ndi kubweza chiwongoladzanja, kuthandiza kugawanso ndalama kuchokera kwa osauka a ku Egypt kupita kwa olemera padziko lonse lapansi.
Ngongole zina za dzikoli mosakayikira n’zankhondo. Egypt imalandira thandizo lankhondo la US kuposa dziko lililonse padziko lapansi kupatula Israeli - kupitilira $ 1 biliyoni pachaka kuyambira pomwe Mubarak adayamba kulamulira mu 1981. Boma la Britain lalola makampani aku UK kuti azipereka ku Egypt zinthu zambiri monga Zida zankhondo zokwana £23 miliyoni ($37 miliyoni) mu 2008, £16 miliyoni ($26 miliyoni) mu 2009.. Mosakayikira izi zidakhala zothandiza pamene Egypt idakhala likulu lachitukuko Pulogalamu yaku US ya "nkhondo yowopsa" yakuba, ndege zachinsinsi ndi kutsekeredwa mopanda chilolezo ndi kuzunzidwa.
Egypt pakadali pano ili ndi ngongole pafupifupi $100 miliyoni ($160 miliyoni) ku UK. Ngakhale Boma likukana kunena zomwe ngongole ya Egypt idachokera, tikudziwa kuti ikugwirizana ndi kugulitsa kunja kwa Britain kudzera mkangano. Dipatimenti Yotsimikizira Zaogulitsa Zakunja, makamaka potengera malonda omwe adachitika kumayambiriro kwa ulamuliro wa Mubarak. Dipatimenti ya Boma yamdima iyi imatsimikizira mabizinesi aku Britain omwe akugwira ntchito m'malo "owopsa" padziko lonse lapansi - nthawi zambiri amathandizira zida zankhondo, zamlengalenga ndi mafakitale amafuta.
Tunisia ikukumana ndi zomwezi - motsogozedwa ndi Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, dzikolo lidabweza bwino kuposa $40 biliyoni. Apanso, Ben Ali adatumikira zofuna za Kumadzulo pamene akupondereza anthu ake omwe potsiriza anaukira ulamuliro wake mu Januwale.
Pamene anthu ayamba kulamulira maiko awo m’mbuyomo – kuchokera ku dziko la tsankho la South Africa kupita ku Bolivia, kuchokera ku Argentina kupita ku Poland – ngongole yakhala ikugwiritsidwa ntchito ngati njira yaikulu yokakamiza mfundo za chuma zopanda demokalase m’maiko amenewo. Ndondomekozi zadzetsa ululu ndi kuzunzika kwakukulu kwa anthu osauka kwambiri m'maderawa, ndikuletsa demokalase kuti ipitirirebe mpaka pazachuma. Ngati zosintha za ku Tunisia ndi Egypt zidabweretsa nthawi yatsopano yodziyimira pawokha kwa anthu a m'maiko amenewo, ndipo ngati, monga zikuoneka, kuwala komwe kwayatsidwa kumpoto kwa Africa kufalikira kumayiko onse achiarabu, ndiye kuti chotsatiracho chikhala chotsatira. werengerani omwe ali ndi zaka zambiri za ulamuliro wa kleptocratic ndi wankhanza.
Komanso kuyesa kubweza ndalama zobedwa ndi olamulira awo akale, izi zikutanthauza kukayikira ngati ngongoleyo inachititsa kuti olamulirawo akhale ndi mphamvu. Yakwana nthawi yoti anthu aku North Africa athyole ngongole zomwe zathandizira kale kupondereza ufulu ndi chitukuko kwa m'badwo.
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