<p>"This is not going to be an easy road. There will be bumps along the way," White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters at his daily news conference, when asked about the progress being made in transition towards a true democracy in the country.<br /><br />"It's important the process that the government undergoes through negotiations with those that seek the representation that they deserve be done in a way that's broadly inclusive. We're not here to determine who leads Egypt. I think the (US) President was quite, that the people of Egypt are not going back.<br /><br />"They've moved forward and they're going to continue to move forward, and they're going to need to see progress from their government," Gibbs said. He said people expressing their desire for greater opportunity and freedom are going to continue to express that desire until the government takes concrete steps to address their concerns.<br />"And if they don't, then those protests will, I assume, continue," Gibbs said.<br /><br />The White House official said that concerns that the people of Egypt have cannot, will not and should not be addressed through violence and shouldn't be addressed through beatings and detentions and the like.<br /><br />"I think the pressure is only going to be lessened and the demands for greater freedom met through a concrete process. What I'm saying is there has to be a dynamic process to meet and address many of the concerns and the grievances, to set up a system where the world will watch an election that we all agree is free and fair.<br /><br />"What timeline that takes is not for us to determine. That's why we've continued to advocate for a genuine process of negotiation to see this through," he said.</p>
<p>"This is not going to be an easy road. There will be bumps along the way," White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters at his daily news conference, when asked about the progress being made in transition towards a true democracy in the country.<br /><br />"It's important the process that the government undergoes through negotiations with those that seek the representation that they deserve be done in a way that's broadly inclusive. We're not here to determine who leads Egypt. I think the (US) President was quite, that the people of Egypt are not going back.<br /><br />"They've moved forward and they're going to continue to move forward, and they're going to need to see progress from their government," Gibbs said. He said people expressing their desire for greater opportunity and freedom are going to continue to express that desire until the government takes concrete steps to address their concerns.<br />"And if they don't, then those protests will, I assume, continue," Gibbs said.<br /><br />The White House official said that concerns that the people of Egypt have cannot, will not and should not be addressed through violence and shouldn't be addressed through beatings and detentions and the like.<br /><br />"I think the pressure is only going to be lessened and the demands for greater freedom met through a concrete process. What I'm saying is there has to be a dynamic process to meet and address many of the concerns and the grievances, to set up a system where the world will watch an election that we all agree is free and fair.<br /><br />"What timeline that takes is not for us to determine. That's why we've continued to advocate for a genuine process of negotiation to see this through," he said.</p>