Is that the same Ghad to which the 2005 presidential candidate Ayman Nour belonged?
No, this is a “dissident” wing of Nour’s old party, led by Musa Mustafa, someone who is very close to the regime. As far as the Muslim Brotherhood is concerned, they never considered the Shura Council a priority and their real battle will be played out at the elections for the People’s Assembly (majlis al shaab) in October. In all events the regime has cracked down on the Muslim Brotherhood… There is no doubt about that. Relations between the regime and the Brotherhood have always blown hot and cold. The fact that the Brotherhood remains illegal, gives the government full discretion in giving it space and then forbidding it. At the moment the government is reducing their margin of action, especially in view of the 2011 presidential elections. Is the extension of the state of emergency approved by parliament last May part of this picture? I never believed it would be abrogated. The government is frightened by the rising discontent among the people and the state of emergency guarantees
