Fatah welcomes Al-Sisi decision to run for president

27 March 2014
Source: Middle East Monitor

Palestinian Secular movement Fatah hailed the decision of the Egyptian military-coup leader Abdul-Fattah Al-Sisi to run for presidential elections, a statement issued today said.

Deputy Secretary of Fatah's Executive Committee Jibrel Al-Rajoub said in the statement: "We welcome Abdul-Fatah Al-Sisi's decision to run for the upcoming presidential elections. We affirm that he is able to regain Egypt's prestige in the region."

Al-Rajoub claimed Al-Sisi has regained Egypt's regional role and that afforded "national guarantees for Egyptians, Arabs and Muslims". He acknowledged that Al-Sisi has maintained Egypt's unity since the ouster of the freely elected president Mohammed Morsi.

Fatah's prominent leader continued: "We believe in his regional vision, through which he is able to lead Egypt to stability...and will help the Egyptians and the Palestinians to encounter the Israeli occupation at this critical time."

He stressed that the Egyptian people's democratic choice should be respected in the upcoming elections. That, Al-Rajoub said, would help build modern Egypt, which would be protected by the Egyptian people and their "great army".

"We are looking forward a freely elected Egyptian president who will be able to protect Egypt and regain its leading role in the region as a leader for the Arab nation," he said.

Al-Sisi carried out a coup d'état against Morsi on July 3, 2013. Since then he has supressed the Egyptians who refused the coup and killed more than 5,000.

Since the coup, crowds of Egyptians have taken to the streets everyday to protest against the coup. Egyptian authorities have now enacted a law against protesters and held mass trials against anti-coup nationals.

Earlier this week, an Egyptian court sentenced 529 Egyptians who were against the coup to death for claims that they took part in killing a policeman. The trial lasted two days.

Link:  www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/middle-east/10548-fatah-welcomes-al-sisi-decision-to-run-for-president.