Identifier
Created
Classification
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07CAIRO3527
2007-12-23 13:48:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Cairo
Cable title:
THE APPARENT DEMISE OF AYMAN NOUR'S AL GHAD PARTY
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C O N F I D E N T I A L CAIRO 003527
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SIPDIS
NSC FOR PASCUAL
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/17/2017
TAGS: PREL PGOV KDEM EG
SUBJECT: THE APPARENT DEMISE OF AYMAN NOUR'S AL GHAD PARTY
REF: A. CAIRO 2511
B. CAIRO 3168
Classified By: DCM Stuart E. Jones, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L CAIRO 003527
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
NSC FOR PASCUAL
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/17/2017
TAGS: PREL PGOV KDEM EG
SUBJECT: THE APPARENT DEMISE OF AYMAN NOUR'S AL GHAD PARTY
REF: A. CAIRO 2511
B. CAIRO 3168
Classified By: DCM Stuart E. Jones, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (SBU) The opposition party Al Ghad, previously led by
now-imprisoned former presidential candidate Ayman Nour,
appears to have been neutalized. On December 9, Musa Mustafa
Musa, an apparent government-backed rival of Nour's,
reportedly won the final court ruling regarding the
leadership dispute in the party. According to the state
press, on December 9, the Cairo Court of Appeals upheld a
previous court verdict that declared Musa as the Ghad party
leader as of October 1, 2005 (see ref A for details on
previous ruling).
2. (C) According to reports in both independent Egyptian
newspapers and the pan-Arab newspaper Al Sharq Al Awsat,
Nour's supporters are now planing to form a new party, "The
Free Alternative" (Al Badeel Al Hurr),which Nour had first
advocated forming in August, when the Political Parties
Committee ruled that Musa was leader of Al Ghad (ref A).
Ismail was quoted in press reports as saying that, "the new
party will have the same principles, ideas, and platform as
Al Ghad party. It will be a liberal party, even though the
Political Parties Committee is likely to reject it for this
precise reason."
3. (C) Registration of the Free Alternative party seems
unlikely. The Political Parties Committee which grants party
licenses is composed of ruling party and government
officials, who rarely approve requests to form new parties.
Ricciardone
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
NSC FOR PASCUAL
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/17/2017
TAGS: PREL PGOV KDEM EG
SUBJECT: THE APPARENT DEMISE OF AYMAN NOUR'S AL GHAD PARTY
REF: A. CAIRO 2511
B. CAIRO 3168
Classified By: DCM Stuart E. Jones, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (SBU) The opposition party Al Ghad, previously led by
now-imprisoned former presidential candidate Ayman Nour,
appears to have been neutalized. On December 9, Musa Mustafa
Musa, an apparent government-backed rival of Nour's,
reportedly won the final court ruling regarding the
leadership dispute in the party. According to the state
press, on December 9, the Cairo Court of Appeals upheld a
previous court verdict that declared Musa as the Ghad party
leader as of October 1, 2005 (see ref A for details on
previous ruling).
2. (C) According to reports in both independent Egyptian
newspapers and the pan-Arab newspaper Al Sharq Al Awsat,
Nour's supporters are now planing to form a new party, "The
Free Alternative" (Al Badeel Al Hurr),which Nour had first
advocated forming in August, when the Political Parties
Committee ruled that Musa was leader of Al Ghad (ref A).
Ismail was quoted in press reports as saying that, "the new
party will have the same principles, ideas, and platform as
Al Ghad party. It will be a liberal party, even though the
Political Parties Committee is likely to reject it for this
precise reason."
3. (C) Registration of the Free Alternative party seems
unlikely. The Political Parties Committee which grants party
licenses is composed of ruling party and government
officials, who rarely approve requests to form new parties.
Ricciardone