The presidential election in Egypt represents an attempt to legitimize the aggression of foreign powers with a veneer of democratic validity.
The military coup was an act of aggression against the sovereignty of Egypt carried out in the interests of the international business community.
While the most significant civilian political figures, leaders, activists and journalists imprisoned, and banned from the political process; the election of El-Sisi is little more than a marketing ploy to dress a military dictator in civilian clothes, as was the case with others before him, such as Pervez Musharraf in Pakistan.
The army did not act in the interests of the Egyptian people, but rather to preserve their own interests in the economy. Because neoliberal reforms are being forced upon Egypt by powerful global institutions through “weapons of finance” and “rogue aid” as defined by Nato; the Egyptian army overthrew the democratically elected president of Egypt in order to manage the macroeconomic restructuring in a way that preserves their stake in the economy.
This effectively constitutes an invasion of Egypt by its own army, acting as mercenaries in service to foreign state and non-state powers, for the sake of profit.
This is a blatant act of aggression, and the charade of democratic elections does not legitimize the authority of the Coup, nor validate the domination of foreign influence undermining Egypt’s sovereignty.