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Egypt Opposition Needs Time, or Islamists Will Win


(Reuters) Tom Perry - The Muslim Brotherhood will be the only group in Egypt ready for a parliamentary election unless others are given a year or more to recover from years of oppression, said a former Brotherhood politician seeking to found his own party. Abou Elela Mady broke away from the Brotherhood in the 1990s. He tried four times to get approval for his Wasat Party (Center Party) under Mubarak's rule, but curbs on political life prevented him doing so.
2011-02-15 00:00:00
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