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Egypt's Military Council
Parliamentary elections in Egypt, scheduled for September, may be postponed so that the politicians may organize their campaigns better, sources close to the Egyptian military council ruling the country say.
Ret. General Ahmed Wahdan said that the military council could agree to postpone elections from one to three months, but no longer than that. His words were confirmed by a military official close to the council.
The decision to postpone parliamentary elections could be supported by the popular demand that the new Constitution of the country be written and approved before the elections, for fear that after the elections the parliament could be dominated by Islamists and the Constitution could have a radical tendency.
People are expected to demonstrate again in the center of Cairo demanding that justice be put on a fast track for those who belonged to the former regime, and that the Constitution be approved before elections.
Egypt's Military Council
The military council in Egypt made no formal announcement regarding both the postponement of the elections or the drafting of the Constitution before them.
If they accept the delay, however, they will follow the example of their Tunisian neighbors, whose elections have been delayed until October.
This would appease those who consider that the transition from dictatorship to democracy would benefit the Islamist parties such as the Muslim Brotherhood, which has been able to maintain a presence among the people of the country even in the conditions imposed by Mubarak’s regime, who practically outlawed the movement.
Muslim Brotherhood was the first to object to the speeding of the process of drafting the new Constitution, arguing that such thing would diminish their role in the conception of the new fundamental law of the country.
The ministry of interior has pronounced in an interview in favor of postponing elections, but said in an official conference that they would be held as scheduled, that is in late September.
Still, there is no law that governs the elections, nor any form of future parliamentary system has been voted yet by the transitional power.
Furthermore, there is a religious matter that could impede the elections in September: the Islamic month of Ramadan begins this year in August. This is expected to slow things down considerably in the month before elections.
Muslim Brotherhood
The military council will also have to take into account the fact that the delay could create “polarization, mistrust and political drift,” as it happened in Tunisia.
A way out could be launching the campaign and delaying the vote, experts say.
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