The chance of Mrs. Aquino's achieveing her stated democratic goals are considered no more than fair.

The analysis shows mathematically that democratic goals indeed can be blocked by special interests or neglect, for example within the bureaucracy.

The protesters accuse Mursi, elected in June with the support of his Muslim Brotherhood group, of betraying the democratic goals of the revolution.

But others feel the army is potentially as big an impediment as Morsi to the democratic goals of the 2011 revolution that toppled Mubarak.

Trang had also shared a letter titled "just in case I am imprisoned" dated May 2019, outlining democratic goals she strived to achieve.