Amr Moussa
CAIRO: Campaigning for Egypt’s first presidential election since Hosni Mubarak’s ouster began yesterday with the ruling generals poised to announce governmental changes and the constitution-writing process facing further obstacles.
A weekly poll showed former Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa leading the field of 13 candidates for the May 23 race. Moussa, who also served as foreign minister, secured the backing of 41.1 percent of those surveyed, according to the study conducted by Al Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies and published yesterday in the state-run Al-Ahram newspaper. Islamist candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul-Fotouh, backed by the largest Salafi bloc in Parliament, was second with 27.3 percent.
The official start of campaigning comes at a critical juncture for Egypt, with the ruling military council under growing pressure from Islamists and secularists concerned it will renege on pledges to hand over power to a civilian administration while efforts to draft a new constitution led to fresh objections within Parliament.
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Personally I am not impressed by Amr Moussa. What did he achieve for the Arab League during his term as Secretary General? not much really. Furthermore I did not like once during a BBC debate he made not very nice remarks to a young lady in a burka. He told her ‘why do you not remove your burka, I cannot hear properly what you are speaking’ (which of course was wrong because we could all hear perfectly what she was saying). He should have shown more respect… (but then I am not Egyptian and it is for the Egyptians to make their own choice)…
Your personal opinion. Let Egyptians to decide their fate. To me he is better at least having a secular view point relative to extremist views.
Yes of course, just my personal opinion. It is for the Egyptians to choose their own President…