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Military Council Issues Long Promised Lustration Law, Days Before Elections
![[The members of Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF).]](/content_images/3/sm_longawaitedlaw.jpg "[The members of Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF).]")
The ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) finally issued a decree promulgating the long promised lustration law on Monday. The law would presumably strip members of ousted president Hosni Mubarak's now defunct National Democratic Party (NDP) of their political rights, including the right to run for political office. The law has been a long time consensual demand of the country's political forces, save for the so-called "remnants" of the ...
Keep Reading »Liberals and Leftists Say Islamists Bribed Poor People with Meat to Get Votes Over Eid
Islamist food donations exploited the religious festival for electoral gain, say leading liberal candidate for parliament Amr Hamzawy as well as leaders of the leftist Revolution Continues electoral bloc. The Salafist Nour Party's press office in Qena said the party distributed two tonnes of meat in the governorate during the four-day span of the Islamic holiday of Eid El-Adha, and would prepare more free food bags for the poor over the coming days. The party also ...
Keep Reading »Egypt's Communist Party to Boycott Parliamentary Elections
![[Members of Egyptian Communist Party in Tahrir Square. Image from Wikimedia Commons]](/content_images/3/sm_boycottingcommies.jpg "[Members of Egyptian Communist Party in Tahrir Square. Image from Wikimedia Commons]")
Party statement attributes its decision to the affect that the ruling military council and Islamic forces have had on political and security conditions in Egypt. The Egyptian Communist Party has announced they will be boycotting parliamentary elections due on 28 November. The Communists Party is also calling on other parties and political forces to do likewise, asking them to prioritise the transitional period in order "to save the revolution." The committtee ...
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