Even if Egypt avoids control by religious extremists, democracy’s two-part anatomy makes swift and smooth progress to a democratic system problematic. While elections are relatively easy to stage, liberty is far more difficult to establish and sustain, for it requires institutions – such as a legal system with impartial courts – that Egypt lacks, and that take years to build.
即便埃及避免了被极端宗教组织控制的局面，但民主的两大组成部分将使向民主系统的转化和平稳过渡问题重重。虽然选举的实施相对容易，但自由却更难以建立和维持，因为后者需要相关机制——比如一个拥有中立法庭的司法系统，但这些机制却是埃及目前所不具备，并要花费多年才能建立的。