The Revolutionary Socialists have called for uniting in the face of presidential hopeful Ahmed Shafiq, describing him as the representative of counter-revolutionary forces.
The group in a statement issued Monday called on the Brotherhood to make a pledge to form a presidential panel and to pick a prime minister from outside the Brotherhood.
The statement said Shafiq, Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister, would have not been able to reach the runoff had the counter-revolutionary camp not rallied all its strength, organizational abilities and suppressive media.
The group added that the fact that candidates who belong to the revolutionary camp — meaning leftist lawyer Khaled Ali, Nasserist hopeful Hamdeen Sabbahi and moderate Islamist Abdel Moneim Abouel Fotouh — failed to field a candidate in the runoff has led Shafiq to proceed.
The statement praised the performance of Sabbahi in the election, saying it reflects the weight of popular powers that support the revolution and that lean to the left toward a platform with social and civil democratic dimensions.
The statement added that this could be used to build a leftist front with broad popularity in the Egyptian street.
The statement urged reformist and revolutionary powers and candidates who belong to the revolutionary camp to set up a national front to counter Shafiq, whom it called the counter-revolutionary candidate.
The statement called on the Brotherhood to form a presidential alliance that includes Sabbahi and Abouel Fotouh as deputies for Morsy and for choosing a prime minister from outside the Brotherhood and its party, as well as a government that includes members from across the political spectrum and Copts.
They also called for the endorsement of a professional syndicates freedoms law different from the one proposed by the Brotherhood in Parliament.
The statement called for reaching consensus on a civilian constitution that guarantees social justice and general freedoms as well as the representation of women, Copts and youth in the Constituent Assembly.
