A number of opposition leaders and political forces in Egypt, at a conference organized by the Wafd Party in Suez on Sunday, discussed ways to expand the concept of a shadow parliament, with a view to toppling the official parliament that they deem invalid. They also discussed the formation of a shadow Shura Council and other local councils. “This is our reaction to the flagrant rigging that took place in the last parliamentary elections,” said Abul Ezz al-Hariry, member of the Tagammu Party's executive board, adding that the opposition would complain to the United Nations if the official parliament was not dissolved and new elections were not held under full judicial supervision. For his part, former MP Hamdein Sabbahy appealed for civil disobedience. He called for citizens to stage demonstrations and put black flags on the balconies of their homes. Liberal opposition Wafd Party member Ashraf Balba considered the shadow parliament a symbol of revolt against “tampering with the nation's fate.” The founding committee of the shadow parliament appointed former MP Alaa Abdel Moneim as its official spokesman and tasked him with defining the body's goals. Translated from the Arabic Edition.