Sunday April 15, 2012

I've Been Thinking:

The committee supervising the Presidential elections in Egypt disqualified 10 candidates yesterday evening.

Threats of violence are in the air.

The disqualified included the Muslim Brotherhood candidate who is by far the most popular in the field. He was disqualified because of two criminal convictions. Also disqualified was the Salafist candidate about whom it is said that his mother held a US passport.

He was disqualified even though a court ruled on Thursday that he was eligible.

Another popular and disqualified candidate is the former spy chief and deputy PM who was only appointed deputy PM a few days before Mubarak's resignation. He is said to be too close to the former regime.

The disqualified candidates have 48 hours to appeal. Everyone thinks that they will appeal.

If these decisions stand they could change the nature of the presidential election. We must watch closely and see how this plays out.

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