What Egyptian presidential candidates Amro Moussa and Abdel Moneim
Abul Fotouh said in that presidential debate in Cairo may have been
important. However, what is way more important is the fact that the
televised debate between the two presidential candidates in Egypt
occurred in front of millions of viewers.
In order to understand the true value of this event, one must remind
that Egypt has been ruled since 1952 by a unique leader who holds power
and controls decision-making according to his opinion and whims, whereas
elections are inexistent or have results that are known beforehand.
This is a major qualitative leap initiated by the January 2011
revolution. This transition makes it easier to deal with the negative
symptoms emerging after the revolution, knowing that the regime has long
suppressed these symptoms and was secretly stoking them.
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