Arab West Report Egyptian press summaries and media research for dialogue

The ruling National Democratic Party is searching for certain opposition instead of the Muslim Brotherhood which has become a dangerous threat to the NDP.

 

“The American and European projects to integrate the Islamic movements in the political life have ended,” the author said, pointing out that the Muslim Brotherhood’s role as a partner came to its end.

 

Despite the NDP’s decision to control the Islamic movement by force, there are some figures in the party who want to achieve this in a democratic way.

Here senior NDP members decided to establish a bigger and stronger party to compete with the ruling party.

 

“The idea asserts that the ruling party is still the only influential political power in Egypt and this is a basic principle in the country since the 1952 revolution as army generals believe that they are the only ones who capable of maintaining security and stability in the country and without them the state will be divided and would collapse,” the author explained.

 

“The press still uses some expressions like “Mubārak’s Egypt” after years of “Sādāt’s Egypt” and “Nāsir’s Egypt.” The dictator here is the owner of the country, and he rules it as he wishes,” the author says.

“President Mubārak chose his opponents and controls political life, saying “I’m Egypt’s savior, and I will not let it go away.”

 

When Jamal Mubārak’s ambition to succeed his father started to increase, his advisors recommended that he establish a new party called al-Mustaqbal (future) to be the party which will compete with the NDP, much like the Republicans and the Democrats in the U.S..

 

However, the plan failed and the president chose to integrate his son into the old party, but Jamal and his companions started to represent a burden on the party and an internal clash began to flare up inside the ruling party.

 

Now there is a need to set up a bigger and more powerful party, and all evidences point out to al-Wafd, the old and stable party which has a very long history in Egypt, and could attract several businessmen and famous politicians who want to play a role, but far from the NDP.

 

“Allowing al-Wafd to become an opposition party is an important step in playing a big part with limited power.”

 

“This is the partnership, according to the NDP criteria, but this second party could become bigger through attracting economic tycoons and famous businessmen who will try to end the NDP’s domination, the matter which will be another important step in the development of the political system,” he concluded.