A Salafi leader in Egypt said on Monday that his political party, the Nour Party, includes several leaders from the disbanded National Democratic Party (NDP).
Shaaban Abdel Lateef, the party’s secretary in the Beni Suef Governorate, said the party’s policy doesn’t prevent former members of the NDP from joining.
However, the party will not allow these members to stand for any elections or assume senior posts, Abdel Lateef said, adding the party seeks to win the majority of parliamentary seats in Beni Suef.
He added that the general secretariat “didn’t send us conditions according to which nominees will be accepted on the party lists.”
Abdel Lateef mentioned the importance of services offered by the party’s candidates in the governorate, adding that the general secretariat called on its secretaries in villages to swiftly finish establishing the party’s headquarters.
They will distribute more than 30,000 boxes of foodstuff among the poor across the governorate during the second half of Ramadan, he added.
He said the party’s policy is clear: “It aims at achieving justice and equality among the people through Islamic rules.”
Translated from the Arabic Edition
