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| What El-Sisi Really Wants (And A Bit About The Official Competition) |
| 2014-05-19 |
| [AlAhram] With Egypt's presidential campaign entering its second week, rival candidates -- former military chief Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahi -- have spent the last seven days unveiling their electoral platforms, hoping to widen their public appeal and win over converts from the opposing camp. Controversial statements on press freedoms made by El-Sisi on Thursday may have had an opposite effect, however, costing him the support of rights advocates and some liberals. The former defence minister and current presidential candidate El-Sisi on Thursday warned top editors of Egypt's main newspapers against pressing for freedom of speech and other rights, adding that media freedom should take into account national security. El-Sisi urged editors to focus instead on rallying the public behind "the strategic goal of preserving the state." |
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