We know from the nature of the conditions imposed by the IMF in its loan agreements, and we know directly from the words of Christine Lagarde to then Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, that the IMF is not interested in being paid back the money it lends. What they are interested in is the fulfillment of the conditions of the loan. They are interested in the imposition of neoliberal Austerity economic policies that create opportunities for foreign investors and multinational corporations.
Therefore, the key factor for the IMF in determining whether it will loan money to a regime (once it has been established that the regime is willing to subjugate itself), is their confidence that the regime can, indeed, fulfill the conditions. In other words, they need to believe that the debtor government can successfully secure opportunities for investors. One of the most important issues here is security. The IMF knows there may always be public backlash against its policies, but as long as that backlash is ineffective and primarily focused against the government, they can tolerate that type of insecurity. If the backlash, however, impacts the business environment, that is another matter entirely. The IMF’s confidence is derived from the confidence of investors. Therefore, if you want to derail the $12 billion IMF loan to Sisi, you need to attack the confidence of investors. You need to prove to them that Egypt is not a safe place to do business.
You have less than 10 days to do this. You can do this, and you should do this.