A man walks past electoral banners for Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) on Nov. 22, 2010. An Egyptian court on Saturday, ordered the dissolution of the political party of former President Hosni Mubarak, one of the demands of the protesters who ended his 30-year rule.
Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuter/File
Do the Egyptians want to throw the baby out with the bath water? Hell, yeah. Why leave the door open? From what I understand the old party is still around, but, nearly not. For as magnificent as Egypt is and was, the people were not happy. They don't want it anymore. This isn't about a caliphate. These countries are not attempting to create a 'new' alliance of Islamic extremists.
Not to say the fall of 'the old regime' in Egypt isn't a worry. It is. But, at the same time there are the oppressed, the tortured, the dark side if you will. How does a world rid itself of such heinous realities if it isn't simply destroyed and replaced with a 'different' reality? They have to have a chance to 'be.'
Court order to dissolve Egypt's NDP deals body blow to old power structure (click title to entry - thank you)
In the absence of the National Democratic Party (NDP), the electoral field in September will be wide open for the Muslim Brotherhood to perform strongly.
By Kristen Chick, Correspondent
April 17, 2011
Cairo
The gutted headquarters of Egypt's former ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) sits blackened and abandoned after having been torched during February's pro-democracy revolution. Many of the party’s leading figures are now in jail awaiting trial or charges....
