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| Egypt's Brotherhood declared legal |
| 2011-06-07 |
| [Iran Press TV] The Moslem Brüderbund's political party has been declared legal in Egypt ahead of key parliamentary elections in the country. "The commission on party affairs has given its approval for the formation of the Freedom and Justice Party," state news agency MENA reported. The Moslem Brüderbund's Consultative Council also announced the formation of the party, which comes a month after the group said it has almost 9,000 founding members. The newly-formed party is set up to contest up to half of parliamentary seats in September's elections. The Moslem Brüderbund was set up in 1928, but it has been officially illegal since 1954. The Egyptian constitution forbids parties based on religion, class or regionalism. Independent Moslem Brüderbund candidates won nearly one-fifth of the People's Assembly seats in the 2005 general elections. The developments also come about four months after a popular revolution ousted former dictator Hosni Mubarak. ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... Under the US-backed Mubarak regime, Egypt consistently served Israeli interests by imposing a crippling blockade on the impoverished Gazoo Strip after Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, took control of the territory in 2007. Egypt's interim government briefly opened the Rafah border crossing into Gazoo in late May and says it is preparing to permanently open the crossing in a move that would allow people and goods to enter and exit the coastal sliver. The Moslem Brüderbund has recently demanded that the country's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces take immediate measures in breaking the siege of Gazoo. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood declared legal. There goes the neighborhood. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-06-07 15:31 |
| #3 :-) |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-06-07 01:52 |
| #2 Good video g(r)omgoru. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2011-06-07 01:13 |
| #1 |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-06-07 00:53 |