 Leading Egyptian opposition parties and the banned Muslim Brotherhood have formed a national front ahead of the November parliamentary elections, officials say. "The Wafd, Tagammu and Nasserists and the Muslim Brotherhood in addition to some eight other opposition groups have formed a National Front for Change," Wafd Secretary General Rifaat al-Said told AFP on Saturday. He said that a common platform would be drafted but that the front would not field candidates in its name in the elections next month. "The Wafd, Tagammu and the Nasserists will in all likelihood field candidates as part of a coalition while the Brotherhood will field their own," he said. |