My Egyptian Election Prediction

My Egyptian Election Prediction

The Egyptian parliamentary election will commence on November 9th with the first of three stages. It is going to be a hotly contested one that may reshape the Country’s political life, or so they say. 444 parliament seats are to contested among over 5000 candidates from all aspects of the Egyptian political spectrum, however the main player in the election are the incumbent NDP, the Muslim Brotherhood (MB),  El Ghad party, and the United National Front for Change (UNFC) -- which includes three major opposition parties, the Wafd, Tagammu and Nasserists.

I believe the election will be rigged as usual with the NDP winning at least 80% of the seats. I hope I am wrong but this is the way it looks like it is going to be. It is so simple no corrupt official is going to give up his power peacefully because then he will loose his benefits.

I am afraid that peaceful means to reshape Egyptian politics has become futile. This coming election will end up as another frustrating episode of raising Egyptian hope only to be collapsed when faced with the brutal realty of Egyptian politics.