The low voter turnout will likely be misunderstood by the political parties, I expect, as an endorsement of their own groups, which of course, it isn’t. Political parties tend overestimate their own importance to the public. People are concerned with their daily lives, needs and troubles, and very few believe that any party’s ascendancy to…
Author: Shahid Bolsen
Shahid Bolsen is the founder of the Middle Nation Movement.
The fact that so few people colluded in the fraud of exonerating…
The fact that so few people colluded in the fraud of exonerating El-Sisi for toppling democracy in Egypt, and re-branding him as a legitimate democratic civilian politician, is, of course, a hopeful thing. It denies the system that is managing El-Sisi the claim of a popular mandate, and that is important. If you follow the…