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Egypt’s Islamists to face uphill battle at parliamentary elections
Egypt’s Islamists will face a tough test at parliamentary elections expected later this year amid growing public anger toward the Islamist trend and increasing inter-Islamist divisions following the ouster of former Islamist president Mohamed Mursi last July and the blacklisting of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Islamists can expect to win no more than one-third of seats at the next parliamentary elections, according to political experts, in contrast to the 70-percent majority secured by Islamist parties at the last elections.
Egypt parties call for amending protest, parliamentary elections laws
A grouping of left-leaning Egyptian parties has reiterated calls for the amendment of the controversial protest law and the parliamentary elections law, both of which have recently stirred much criticism.
In a meeting on Wednesday, representatives of various parties also condemned security brutality against peaceful youth protesters and called for the release of all those detained for breaching the protest law.
Retorno al autoritarismo en Egipto
En poco menos de un año, Abdelfatah al Sisi ha pasado de ser prácticamente un desconocido a convertirse en el hombre fuerte de Egipto. Desde el desalojo de los Hermanos Musulmanes del Gobierno, Al Sisi ha seguido a rajatabla y sin vacilaciones su particular hoja de ruta presentándose como un nuevo mesías que traerá la estabilidad y espantará el fantasma de la confrontación civil.
Egyptian Reform: A Coup and Presidential Election to Restore Authoritarianism?
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Egypt's former military chief, who led the coup that toppled Egypt's first democratically elected civilian president Mohamed Morsi, was sworn in as president on June 8, 2014. Amidst a continued climate of fear and intimidation, the new "alleged democratic elected" government continued to arrest and imprison critics of the regime, regardless of faith or political ideology and in particular to eradicate the Muslim Brotherhood based on the claim that it is a terrorist organization.
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Egypt to start preparation for parliamentary elections by 18 July
Egyptian state-owned TV said Sunday that post-coup president Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has decided to start preparation for parliamentary elections by July 18.
According to MENA news agency, quoted presidential spokesman Ehab Badawy as saying that al-Sisi told US Secretary of State during his recent visit that Egypt is "determined to move forward with the future roadmap."
The date of the parliamentary elections has not yet been specified.
Los preparativos para legislativas egipcias empezarán antes del 18 de julio
Los preparativos para las próximas elecciones parlamentarias en Egipto empezarán antes del próximo 18 de julio, siguiendo con la hoja de ruta trazada desde la destitución militar de Mohamed Mursi, informó hoy la Presidencia de ese país.
El presidente egipcio, Abdelfatah al Sisi, informó hoy de esos planes al secretario de Estado estadounidense, John Kerry, en el encuentro que ambos mantuvieron en El Cairo.
Un tribunal egicio confirma la pena a muerte para el líder de Hermanos Musulmanes y otros 196 seguidores
El tribunal penal de la ciudad egipcia de Minia condenó hoy a muerte a 183 seguidores de los Hermanos Musulmanes, entre ellos el líder de la cofradía, Mohamed Badía, por el asesinato de un policía e incitación a la violencia, informó la agencia estatal de noticias Mena.
La fuente señaló que otros 496, sobre un total de 683 acusados, fueron absueltos, mientras que cuatro personas recibieron una sentencia de cadena perpetua.
The Muslim Brotherhood: Cut off at the roots
In Contrast to President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi’s overtures to Muslim Brotherhood members not involved in violence in the post-30 June 2013 period, the government is continuing to follow through on policies aimed at politically eliminating the Islamist organisation and cutting off its sources of funding. Most recently the Teachers and Pharmacists Syndicates, long time political platforms for the Brotherhood, were sequestrated. Earlier this week the assets of Zad and Seoudi supermarket chains, owned by leading Brotherhood members Khairat Al-Shater and Abdel-Rahman Seoudi, were seized.
Will Egypt's politics revert to old habits?
Without a vision or a program and with a lot of hopes and expectations, the republic of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has begun. Most expectations are ambitious and optimistic. They are betting on a new renaissance to restore Egypt’s due and deserved role and place among the Arabs and the world.
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Pro-Sisi coalition to run for 100% of parliament seats
The "Independence Current" that backs Egypt's new President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will run for all of the seats in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
In a conference on Sunday, the coalition said it will run for the 420 seats, adding that its manifesto is based on believing in the principles of the January 25 and June 30 uprisings as well as the importance of social democracy and social justice, the state news agency said.
They added that one of their purposes is also to prevent Islamists and corruption figures from reaching the next parliament.
Aplazada la formación del nuevo Gobierno egipcio tras el rechazo a las propuestas de Melheb
Egypt's political groups to attend protest law constitutional challenge court session
Several Egyptian political groups have called on opponents of the protest law to head in numbers to Egypt's State Council on Tuesday to attend the second court session of a case challenging the constitutionality of the controversial law.
The case was originally brought by the Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Right -- founded by rights lawyer and former leftist presidential candidate Khaled Ali -- to demand authorities to rescind the law that heavily restricts protests.
Egypt: 'War of the Generals' intensifies ahead of parliamentary elections
A number of former Egyptian military figures are reemerging in the political arena alongside "remnants" of the Mubarak regime, fighting political battles ahead of the parliamentary elections, in an effort to draw a new partisan map that would dominate the new parliament.