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Law on Egyptian Presidential Elections Amended

The cabinet's ministerial group for political and legislative affairs approved today an amendment of the presidential election law no.74/2005. The group led by Mufid Shehab indicated that the amendment is

Mubarak disgraces Egypt’s reputation

Mubarak's government in Egypt has played a win at all costs game of parliamentary elections going beyond blatant fraud to violence, intimidation and false arrests.

Mubarak Vows to Combat Corruption and Targets 8% Growth Rate

According to Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak the country’s growth rate is to rise to 8 per cent over the next five years.

Will the NDP’s House of Cards Collapse?

The regime argues that it won the 2010 elections because of its efficiency – despite the documented fraud -, as its candidates were highly trained and because communication groups were

Monoufeya MBs Announce Establishment of Parliamentary Action Society

Sabri Amer, media spokesman of the former Muslim Brotherhood (MB) parliamentary bloc in Monoufeya, stated that the group has decided to establish a Parliamentary Action Society beginning its work in

Judges slam Election Fraud

Judges joined Judge Ahmed Mikki, vice president of the Cassation Court and member of the Supreme Judicial Council Mikki in denouncing the elections and the state's undermining of judicial independence

Egypt’s Old and New Opposition – And Why They Need Each Other

The Arab world has proven stubbornly resistant to democratic change.

NDP Forms a Committee of Senior Lawyers to Find a Way Out of Electoral Appeals

According to recent reports the National Democratic Party (NDP) is forming many legal committees to discuss ways to respond to the appeals filed before courts that call for repealing the

Gamal Mubarak Blames Judges for Low Turnout in the 2005 Presidential Election

WikiLeaks has released a new batch of cables today including 11 originating from the US embassy in Cairo, dating back to the Bush administration in 2005.

NDP claims struggle against MB is continuous

According to an article posted on the ruling regime's National Democratic Party's official website its struggle with the popular Muslim Brotherhood (MB) opposition movement was "not over".