The next Egyptian parliament seat has become for those who pay more to enjoy the status of "the respected MP," which prompted Egyptians to remember Kamal El Shazly, Minister of People's Assembly and Shura Affairs, Assistant Secretary-General of the (dissolved) National Party during the era of the late President Hosni Mubarak.

El-Shazly was for years one of the experienced men of the National Democratic Party and the oldest parliamentarian since 1964, and the staunchest defender of the ruling party and its policies, and the most exciting thing was that he was the one in control of the selection of parliamentary candidates, as entering under the umbrella of the ruling party at that time means that the chance of success is almost certain, no matter how popular this is. The candidate was in his district, until he passed away in late 2010, weeks before the outbreak of the January 25, 2011 revolution.

Preparations for the House of Representatives elections are currently in full swing, as the elections are held in two phases, the first on the 24th and 25th of next October, while the second phase elections are held on the seventh and eighth of November, and the final results of the elections will be announced no later than 14. December 2020.

And identical local media and newspaper sources confirmed that the Nation's Future Party - the political back of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and the one who dominates the parliamentary elections with its two chambers of representatives and elders - is offering to join its electoral list for those who pay more.

Party sources also revealed the same thing, amid great indignation and anger among some party leaders in many of the parties, some of which joined the Future Nation List, which is called the National List, and reached 12 parties in the upcoming parliamentary elections so far.

Parliament seat who pays the most

A leader in the conservative, liberal Al-Wafd Party revealed that "the issue of joining the national list for the House of Representatives elections has become a kind of" business, "meaning that every candidate who wants to run on a large list has to pay money to accept his candidacy."

In statements to Al-Jazeera Net, the liberal leader - who preferred not to be named - indicated that the seat he wanted to run for in his constituency went to those who paid more, referring to the National Future Party, which is loyal to state agencies, but he did not reveal the other parties benefiting from the seat price other than the party The future of a nation.

And after the intensification of the disagreement within the Wafd Party, the Supreme Committee of the party decided in the meeting last Saturday to hold early elections for the leadership of the party, provided that it be within a month of its date, and the meeting stressed adherence to the decisions issued during the meeting last Thursday, which include withdrawing from the national list.

The future of a homeland singing alone

The exchange has raged to join the party coalition lists, such as a list led by the Future of the Nation Party, or the party’s representation in individual seats, and the price of joining the list or representing the party rose to millions of pounds, according to Egyptian observers and politicians.

The Watan Future Party, which is affiliated with the sovereign bodies, gained great weight after its (absolute list) list swept the results of the last elections to the Senate, and most of its candidates won the individual seats in the first and run-off elections, to get 89 seats out of 100 individual seats, knowing that the elections did not witness. A little competition, as it took place according to a law that guarantees the supremacy of the party that the authority supports.

In a move marred by many criticisms and accusations of constitutional anger, the Egyptian parliament approved the new electoral district law earlier.

The controversial law stipulates that the number of council members should be 568, with 284 seats allocated to the individual election, and 284 seats for the absolute closed list system, which exposes other lists to unfairness and loss of seats that they could have obtained in the proportional list system.

Ambassador Mohamed Morsi and the former Egyptian diplomat could not remain silent about what is going on, so he said in a post on his Facebook page, “I am trying hard to remain silent in recognition of the current circumstances, but I announce my surrender and my retreat from this virtue for only a limited period of time, which is the age of writing this short post, after I heard it. I recently read it about the upcoming parliament elections and their candidates. "

"Whether in my country of origin, Sohag Governorate, or in my residence in Cairo Governorate, I still feel surprised and disbelieved after I learned that joining the large party lists or nominating to represent a large party to compete for individual seats has exceeded the 6 million pounds paid by the candidate wishing to join the esteemed council. ".

Natural ending

Commenting on the domination of the Nation's Future Party over political parties in Egypt, including old liberal parties such as the Wafd Party, Egyptian parliamentarian and politician Dr. Gamal Heshmat considered what is happening "a natural end for all parties that supported military rule and lived under its umbrella."

In his interview with Al-Jazeera Net, he described what is happening as an "attempt to buy fraudulent legitimacy with money," noting that "the Sisi regime cares about the form about the essence, especially those that give them false prestige, and because they lack legitimacy, they create representative and popular institutions in the eyes of the security institutions."

He stressed that "there is no way for the tyrants but to choose safe from those who control them from the corrupt and the corrupt, so these come as representatives of the system and not of the people, because those who choose them are the system and not the people, so they are irrelevant except for those who brought them, so there is no loyalty except for them and there is no value for the people for them. ".

In turn, professor of political media, Nasser Farghali, said on his Facebook page that the House of Representatives nominations are still "capturing the interests of the street after they carried shocking surprises," referring to an important note that "determining an amount for the donation as a condition before announcing the names and handing over the papers to the coalition representative in Cairo to present them to the committee." ".

Scrambling parties and names to join the National Future List guaranteed to win the Senate elections, and the rumors spreading about millions of pounds paid by the person who desires a seat in the Senate, whether in the closed or single list, bring to mind the purchase of the Baku and Bashwiya rank before


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- Mai Azzam (@mayazzam_) July 15, 2020