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Seven years ago a new political party in Egypt was formed, Al-Karama (Dignity). On May 30, 2004 it applied to become an official party but it has never been approved because it was outspoken against Mubarak, his family and his corrupt regime. The party was of one of the forces behind Egypt's January 25th Revolution. Its leader Hamdeen Sabahi, a journalist, ran for parliament as an independent. He won in 2004 and lost in 2010 but he is intended to run in the presidential election later this year. In Cairo last week I met his deputy, Amin Iskander, an engineer from my Cairo’s birth place; Shoubra.
The top priority of Egypt's new president must be achieving both economical development and social justice. He should not occupy himself with political issues, like quarreling with the military about the powers that they still hold, until the new constitution is written and approved. Alternatively, if Egyptians hear from him the usual political Muslim Brotherhood narratives, they will topple him before his term of office is over.
Last week in my native Egypt, I was an eye witness to history in the making.
It's official. Egypt's ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces is leading the counter-revolution.
On May 23 and May 24, Egyptians are going to the poll to choose their president. During May 11 - 17 Egyptians living outside the country will get the same chance. Today there are some 20 candidates, expected to trim down to about 10 in the weeks to come as some will be declared legally not qualified and others will withdraw.
In the area of social justice including reducing poverty (currently at 40%) and unemployment (currently some 4 million are unemployed and a new one million is seeking employment every year) my proposed plan for Egypt's next president based on studying the experiences of 6 developing countries (China, India, Malaysia, Turkey, Brazil and South Africa) is to rely firstly on encouraging the co-op sector by offering loans with very low interest, massive training to do feasibility studies, sales and marketing, and training the trainers.
On Earth there is no such thing as justice, in or out of court; this is how the popular saying goes. Many Egyptians last Saturday firmly believe so following the sentencing of their 84-year old ex-president Hosni Mubarak and his Interior Minister Habib el-Adly to life in prison and the acquittals of Mubarak's two sons and six top police officers.
Coptic Pope Shenouda III is not only a religious figure. Largely as a result of the precarious situation of Copts in Egypt, he has also felt it necessary to engage in Egyptian politics. Unfortunately for him, he recently bet on the wrong horse, namely Hosni Mubarak.
CAIRO: Tuesday's protests represent a national stance and a turning point in Egypt's history since the bread riots of 1977, said Amr El-Chobaki, senior researcher at Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies on Wednesday.
There is no absolute worst case political scenario for Egypt. Putting faith in the country's future is going to take a whole lot of courage. But I for one believe it is a positive ideal in which to put my faith.
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