Ayman Nour, founder of al-Ghad [Tomorrow] Party, has suggested that the candidate for the 2011 presidential elections should be a central figure unanimously accepted by all political forces, such as Dr. Mohamed El- Baradei, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), or Hisham Bastawisi, Deputy Chairman of the Court of Cassation. In a statement after the conference he held at the party headquarters two days ago, Nour called for turning Egypt into a real parliamentary republic. At that time, Gamal Mubarak will have the right to nominate himself for the presidential elections along with other prominent personalities such as Bastawisi and El- Baradei. On the other hand, the Administrative Judicial Court will today consider the challenge filed by Moussa Mustafa Moussa, who is vying with Ihab El-Khouli for the chairmanship of the party, to stop the Parties' Affairs Committee's decision to considering him as the party chairman. Speaking to Al-Masry Al-Youm, Moussa said the challenge he had filed would suspend the ruling issued for Nour front headed by El-Khouli. He denied rumors that El-Khouli won the battle after Nour was released, adding that his front is still the strongest one and that South Cairo Court issued unchallenged rulings on his right to the party chairmanship.
For his part, El-Khouli, chairman of al-Ghad Party, has denied that Moussa's challenge could stop the implementation of the ruling, as the State Council's rulings must be enforced. Moussa missed the opportunity to challenge the ruling when he left the rivalry. The problem has been solved and we started to execute the ruling, El-Khouli said.
The Administrative Judiciary Court of the State Council issued a ruling a few days ago stopping the Parties' Affairs Committee's decree on considering Moussa as chairman of the party. The court said El-Khouli is the chairman because he was elected by last general assembly in 2007. On the other hand, Nour said he tried to contact some officials to inquire about Hossam Shehata, Secretary of the party's committee in Helwan, who disappeared after returning from an attempt to enter Gaza. Nour added that his attempts failed because most of the officials changed their phone numbers while he was in prison.
For her part, Gamila Ismail, Nour's wife, said she would not hold any partisan positions in the coming period, adding that she would dedicate herself to her children and family as well as to her work as a real estate financing advisor.
She added that she would not abandon political action, as she would exercise her role with protest movements and show her solidarity with other political forces.
