The story began when the former President Anwar Sadat appointed current president Hosni Mubarak as vice president of Egypt in 1975.

Sadat, surpassed so many military leaders and political figures to appoint Mubarak, who was the leader of the air forces during the Oct. 6 war against Israel.

Disastrously, Mubarak was a 48-year-old general from the air force who had no political experience of any kind.

When Sadat was assassinated in 1981, Mubarak was directly appointed as president.

In the beginning, he tended to take neutral decisions to satisfy Western policies. After a while, when he settled down, he tended to appoint people who were loyal to him to political positions, beginning with the head of the military and the cabinet and ending with senators and members of local cabinets and syndicates.

The situation was bleak before Jan. 24.

There was almost no political contribution for individuals, and the economic situation of the country was suffering from huge amounts of foreign debts, which reflected on individual income and prices.

Also, the excessive use of power against opposition from opposing parties — movements like Muslim Brotherhood and individuals like Khaled Saeed, a 28-year-old Egyptian from Alexandria who was murdered in 2010 by two police officers because he had some evidence against some police department officers.

After more than two weeks of demonstrations and protests, the Egyptian people are seeking their freedom no matter what it takes.

Protesters in Tahrir Square are willing to die in order for their wishes to come true.

Appointing Omar Suleiman as a vice president after the position has been vacant for 30 years, and replacing the cabinet with faces from Mubarak’s same loyal regime is not deceiving people anymore.

Actually, people right now are much more aware of what is happening to them and what they are achieving more than ever — both because they have been going through this for 30 years and saw 300 people die during the first five days’ demonstrations.

Claims of creating a political gap if Mubarak stepped down immediately is not threatening them at all.

The new vice president is playing with the Muslim Brotherhood card to warn the West that Egypt may turn out to be another Iran in the next few months, which is not true.

In fact, the revolution was created basically by people from all over Egypt — rich and poor, Muslims and Christians, men and women, young and old.

Despite the fact that the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt is not popular politically, they announced several times before and during the demonstrations that they have no will to run for presidency or claim power and the people believe them.

Mubarak’s speech Thursday about giving his authorities to his vice president was really disappointing for most Egyptians, as they wanted his entire regime to step down immediately.

They are not worried who would come next because they are pretty sure the military will stand to support them until a safe transition of power is achieved. Many central political figures are ready right now to replace Mubarak, and they already have the people’s support.

Amr Moussa, for example, has been the secretary general of the Arab League since 2001 and has been active in Egyptian politics and diplomacy since working as Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs until 2001.

I am so happy for my country and happy that people around my age were able to say their words and achieve what Egyptians have dreamed of for so long.

I want to congratulate them and tell them we must always take the lead and create their future with our hands.

Ahmed Abdel-Khalek is a 25-year-old transportation engineering graduate student from Cairo.