Restoring discipline to Egyptian streets in terms of security, cleanliness and smoothly running traffic is what Morsi has promised the people to accomplish in his first l00 days. Although these are integral prerequisites for a decent life, Egyptians have been looking forward to achieving them for years, more so in the past l8 months where these essential rights took the form of a far-fetched dream. Morsi's target for the forthcoming months is consistent with the concern expressed in his public addresses regarding the conditions of average citizens and marginalised sectors. It is, however, a shame that garbage and traffic chaos top the president's priorities in a critical phase in which the country lacks a constitution and a parliament amidst arguments as to State identity, and distribution of roles among political forces. But it seems that the filth and rubbish around us plus the extraordinary traffic anarchy have exceeded all limits so that they have partially overshadowed efforts for the transition to democracy. Anyhow the key to solving these day-to-day problems is not actually in the hands of the head of state but in those of municipality executives and the people. Although Morsi has convened with governors and municipality seniors to get abreast of the nature of administrative problems in each sector, the fact is that a sense of responsibility on the part of officials and the public is instrumental in this respect. More importantly, viable plans such as recycling projects and the administration of decent public transport coupled with strict application of laws without any exceptions whatsoever should be considered as promptly as possible.
