Nagi al-Shehab, president of the opposition Al-Geel Party, has said he plans to form a coalition of seven small opposition parties including the Ghad, Al-Ahrar, Misr, Al-Arabi, Al-Khodr, Al-Takaful and Shabab Misr parties.
“We aim for clean parliamentary elections under judicial supervision,” said al-Shehab, adding that the proposed coalition intended to participate in all political activities.
He said his decision came following the failure of a quadripartite coalition–which includes the Wafd, Tagammu, Nasserite and Ghad opposition parties–to "meet the demands of the people."
“We will nominate a candidate for upcoming presidential elections,” said al-Shehab, contending that Mohamed ElBaradei, a would-be independent candidate in next year's presidential races, lacked the expertise necessary for the post.
He went on to describe the ongoing campaign to promote presidential scion Gamal Mubarak for the presidency–along with subsequent counter-campaigns–as “political chaos.”
Translated from the Arabic Edition.
