VIENNA — UN atomic watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei, who once described himself as a "nuclear pope", quoted the prayer of St. Francis of Assisi in his farewell remarks at the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Preparing for the next Egyptian presidental election??
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Friday, December 4, 2009
ElBaradei Speaks And The Regime Does Not Like It
He is tired now and he is free for any position ; ElBaradei did it again and this time he tackled it directly. It is not the first time he speaks about his conditions to run for the big office in Egypt but it is first time he would be specific ; more than specific in his conditions in a statement issued by his office
ElBaradei is overwhelmed by the trust of the Egyptian people and he will not let them down but after certain conditions :
1-Founding a national independent unbiased committee to supervise the elections
2-A complete judicial supervision on the elections.
3- International supervisors from the UN.
4-Allowing all citizens to run for the post ; candidacy for all. “In other words to cancel the longest article in our current constitution ; NDP article no.76”
5- Purifying the electors lists “In other words to clear the electors lists of those who are dead and those who are registered in the first place and they say that he has been away from Egypt !!”
Not only that but he also gave an early view of presidential program : A new constitution.
All what he demanded is what we have been demanded for decades , these demands are what we need to have free elections. They are logic demands for God sake. Of course we know that these demands are rarely to be achieved because they mean the natural end of Mubarak’s regime whether the father or the son. I do not know if ElBaradei as diplomat veteran is playing some game with the regime or what ; I mean is he trying to embarrass the Mubarak regime in front of the whole world showing for what real it is as a dictatorship which can’t afford having transparent democratic elections. It is if he is saying “ I dare you to have these democratic elections, I dare you to have a rival candidate like me” . Whether Gama or his father are going to run the office next elections also whether in 2011 or in 2010 as many expect and do not ask me why they need a strong candidate in front of them to show the world they are democratic regime but they do not a real strong candidate with an experience like him. We all know what happened to serious candidates last elections and ElBaradei knows it very well and he refuses to be a puppet in a stupid charade. I believe ElBaradei is trying to say that he will not run in a very polite smart and strong way ; he will not run in a charade and he will not kiss this regime ass but he will do it in a real election.He is not a quitter nor he will abandon his country people especially he knows very well how terribly Egypt
I do not need to tell you how the official media has received his statement , he is now officially being attacked and labeled as an agent and traitor in big newspapers like Al Ahram and its evening edition Al Ahram Al Massai where as other official publications labeled him as the faceboo’s President.’I like the headline of Al Ahram : ElBaradei demands a constitutional coup !!’
The opposition and independent newspapers copied his statement as it is ,leaving the decision to its readers to see if he was sane or insane ‘Al Masry Al Youm, Al Dostour and Al Shorouk’
Strangely the foreign press as far as I could tell ignores this news where as Israeli press has been attacking him for a long time since the IAEA.
By the way FYI ElBaradei unlike Gamal Mubarak has one passport only : An Egyptian Passport. I felt that I must share this information because the LE 1500 trolls of NDP are roaming the internet saying that he got an American citizenship and Swedish citizenship … bla bla bla !!?? They also are saying that he was America’s puppet , I wish they can stop speaking about puppets after all ElBaradei was among the people who said that reports about Iraqi WMD were untrue !!
We may agree or disagree about ElBaradei’s candidacy if he ever manages to get what he wants but we must agree that what he is saying is true and correct
Boys and gals this will our main discussion this weekend and the coming week.
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