The presidential elections in Egypt have truly been absorbing the spotlight for quite some time now and it plans to maintain its position among the most discussed topics between the Egyptian people for a while to come. It's considered the first democratic election in the history of the nation. If you have heard about the 2005 elections, forget about that since those weren't even democratic at all. However this once seems like it's going to be a true showdown.
Just yesterday ten candidates were disqualified and this decision was made by the temporary supreme court judges whose only jobs is to maintain the constitutionality of the elections. However only four or five names were given out of the ten that were disqualified and the final list of those still in the race will be announced on April 26.
There is quite a window of candidates in this election. You have the labor activist (Khaled Ali), you had the very conservative Islamist (Hazem Salah Abu Ismail), you had the ex-vice president (Omar Sulieman), you had the Muslim Brotherhood member businessman (Khairat El Shater), you have the moderate Islamist and physician (Abdel Moneim Abu El-Futouh), and plenty of other secular and independent party candidates. This really divides the nation up as it leaves the youth (whom constitute close to maybe half of the entire population) undecided with their future and whom they want to elect. There are of course the candidates that are popular with the youth, then you have the candidates that are popular with the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (who are currently running the country), and then you have the other different sectors.
I myself am leading towards the moderate and very knowledgeable Islamist Abdel Moneim Abu El-Futouh. This man just sounds smart when you hear him talk. He's open minded and above all that he's very intelligent. The robbery and stealing that used to happen under Mubarak's regime wouldn't happen under his regime. He's a moderate Islamist who's willing to negotiate. Many people who opposed the extreme Hazem Abu Ismail don't oppose this man only because they're sure of his values.
A lot of people were angry with the decision of ex-candidate Mohamed el Baradie and how he terminated his race due to the fact that he didn't like how things were being run. He was a very popular candidate among the Egyptian people and he is the one who essentially started the revolution, or at least had a very large and prominent role in doing so.
Then there was the controversy over the Muslim Brotherhood and how they did what they said they wouldn't do and that is support a candidate who was Khairat El Shater who is now potentially out of the race. They wouldn't have resorted to doing such a thing if it wasn't for the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces' dealings with this entire presidential race in the first place. However this doesn't matter now seeing that their candidate is out of the race and I wish that wasn't so because he would have been my first pick. Seeing now that he's out, I have decided to go to Abdel Moneim Abu El Futouh.
Just yesterday ten candidates were disqualified and this decision was made by the temporary supreme court judges whose only jobs is to maintain the constitutionality of the elections. However only four or five names were given out of the ten that were disqualified and the final list of those still in the race will be announced on April 26.
There is quite a window of candidates in this election. You have the labor activist (Khaled Ali), you had the very conservative Islamist (Hazem Salah Abu Ismail), you had the ex-vice president (Omar Sulieman), you had the Muslim Brotherhood member businessman (Khairat El Shater), you have the moderate Islamist and physician (Abdel Moneim Abu El-Futouh), and plenty of other secular and independent party candidates. This really divides the nation up as it leaves the youth (whom constitute close to maybe half of the entire population) undecided with their future and whom they want to elect. There are of course the candidates that are popular with the youth, then you have the candidates that are popular with the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (who are currently running the country), and then you have the other different sectors.
I myself am leading towards the moderate and very knowledgeable Islamist Abdel Moneim Abu El-Futouh. This man just sounds smart when you hear him talk. He's open minded and above all that he's very intelligent. The robbery and stealing that used to happen under Mubarak's regime wouldn't happen under his regime. He's a moderate Islamist who's willing to negotiate. Many people who opposed the extreme Hazem Abu Ismail don't oppose this man only because they're sure of his values.
A lot of people were angry with the decision of ex-candidate Mohamed el Baradie and how he terminated his race due to the fact that he didn't like how things were being run. He was a very popular candidate among the Egyptian people and he is the one who essentially started the revolution, or at least had a very large and prominent role in doing so.
Then there was the controversy over the Muslim Brotherhood and how they did what they said they wouldn't do and that is support a candidate who was Khairat El Shater who is now potentially out of the race. They wouldn't have resorted to doing such a thing if it wasn't for the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces' dealings with this entire presidential race in the first place. However this doesn't matter now seeing that their candidate is out of the race and I wish that wasn't so because he would have been my first pick. Seeing now that he's out, I have decided to go to Abdel Moneim Abu El Futouh.
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