13 Egyptian parties form national coalition for upcoming elections

[News_Editor]

13 Egyptian parties form national coalition for upcoming elections

2011-06-16 00:26:16 GMT+7 (ICT)

CAIRO, EGYPT (BNO NEWS) -- Thirteen Egyptian political parties have formed the National Coalition for Egypt to run in the upcoming September parliamentary elections, the Ahram newspaper reported on Wednesday.

The new coalition was launched at a ceremony at the headquarters of the Wafd Party. It was created in order to establish a parliament that represents all political factions and for the creation of a unity government.

The member parties include the Muslim Brotherhood's new wing Freedom and Justice Party, the Wafd, El Ghad, El Adl, El Tagammu, El Nasserist, El Amal, El Wasat, El Nour, El Karama, El Tawheed El Araby and Masr El Horreya.

Refaat Said, head of the Tagammu Party, said that the National Coalition for Egypt will seek a democratic Egypt by implementing the values of the January 25 revolution: freedom, justice, democracy and equal citizenship.

"The coming period is the most important and crucial period in modern Egyptian history," added Said. "It cannot be handled by one political force and requires intensive collaboration from different factions of the Egyptian society."

The National Coalition for Egypt will push for achieving democracy, economic prosperity and national development for the North African country, beginning with the formation of a new parliament and Shura council and the drafting of a new constitution.

Also Tuesday, two new Egyptian parties, the Free Egyptians party and the Social Democratic party, submitted the necessary paperwork for their registration to the parties' affairs committee.

On May 18, the Muslim Brotherhood submitted the required documents for the official recognition of its recently created "Freedom and Justice" as a political party. The Islamist group is one of Egypt's most powerful political forces.

The Muslim Brotherhood, however, will not be the only Islamic political force in Egypt. The ‎Salafists, who have been blamed for the recent sectarian violence in the country, are to ‎establish Al-Nahda (Renaissance Party). Another Salafist party has also recently fulfilled the compulsory ‎minimum number of members – 5,000 from at least 10 governorates.

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[EnSvenskTiger]

I think the norm is to form a coalition after the election but I could be wrong.

Many parties btw.

Tiger

[Steely Dan]

A coalition based probably around the largest single party, which being the Muslim brotherhood suggests even if you get free and fair elections this time round you won't be likely to see them again. Truly an unpleasant prospect for Egypt's eight million Coptic Christians.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/no-going-back-for-egypts-converted-copts/story-e6frg6so-1226059884457

AMID the upheavals in Egypt since January, reports have begun to emerge of a surge in disappearances of Coptic girls.

One priest in Cairo estimates that at least 21 young girls, many as young as 14, have disappeared from his parish alone.

Yes it's springtime for Hitler in Cairo.

[Scott]

Let's keep this thread on topic. Further references to Hitler will not be permitted.

[Steely Dan]

If when the Muslim brotherhood come to power here is another example of the sort of policies they will implement. Here's a link concerning their latest meeting with the terrorist organisation Hamas in Gaza, who were originally formed out of the Muslim brotherhood.

http://www.debka.com/article/21021/

For the first time in the history of Cairo's relations with the Gaza Strip, the ruling military junta permitted an Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood delegation to visit the Gaza Strip and meet Palestinian Hamas leaders. Coinciding with the delegation's arrival Sunday, June 12, top Egyptian officials unleashed a wave of anti-Israeli venom in Cairo, the worst in recent years.

Edited June 16, 2011 by Steely Dan

[kuffki]

so in a nutshell, all the noise is about nothing.

basically Egypt is changing one dictator for another.

The only difference is previous dictator was pretty moderate, while the new dictator coming may and most likely will be rather extreme.

Great choice Egyptians made there

[Steely Dan]

Let's keep this thread on topic. Further references to Hitler will not be permitted.

As you wish, I won't use the 'H' word as it may be considered inflammatory, I only wish I could agree with it being off topic.

http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=222367

A group of Egyptian political activists have announced plans to set up a local version “of the Nazi party,” an Egyptian newspaper reported on Thursday.

Citing a leftist Egyptian news portal, the Al-Masry Al-Youm daily said that “the party’s founding deputy is a former military official,” and that the party would be aimed at bringing “together prominent figures from the Egyptian society.”

I'm sure there will be lively policy debate within Egypt, do the Nazi party march to an accompanyment of Wagner, or do they goose step in silence so as not to upset the Salafists?

Like most middle east news it would be hillarious if it wasn't so serious.

P.S Anwar Saddat started in the Nazi party and made peace, but only after a war.