Are they committed to change? The answer is no. They have to give the impression of free and fair elections. But practically, they are very far from that. |
Both of these parties are disintegrating. Now, the leaders of these old opposition groups are only interested in keeping their positions as the heads of their parties. |
Civil liberties, human rights, political reform - that's front-page material. And I want 80 percent of the news to be local. |
I'm sure he grits his teeth that we're out there criticizing him, but we can't turn back. |
In Cairo this requirement fortunately does not apply, but it is perplexing and penalizes candidates from small parties. |
Iraq is a miracle -- having a psychopathic dictator to a situation where at least we have a political process going on was something that could have taken 30 years. |
It's a pity because it really looked like he was going to deliver. |
The means available to candidates are hugely disproportionate. One cannot compete with the government machine. |
The reason for this is that the ban was announced after newspapers went to the printers. |
What you need now is a paper of record in Egypt. That's what's missing. |
When you look at everything that is happening, I am sure, I have no doubt, this is out to crush the party and him personally, at least until the elections are over. |