Mohammed Elbaradei, IAEA Chief
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At November's end, Mohammed Elbaradei will be stepping down as the chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency. He will be replaced by Japan's Yukiya Amano, who won the vote after a deadlock of a month"s time.
There has been talk about Elbaradei vis-à-vis the Egyptian presidency. However, in what must have been quite embarrassing to the current administration, Elbaradei stated that he might consider running if:
'There would have to be built-in guarantees hat the election be run properly' and adding: 'I will only consider it if there is a free and fair election and that remains a question mark in Egypt', Elbaradei said on an interview with CNN.
Though President Mubarak's opposition is very supportive of such a candidacy, there are those who doubt very much whether Elbaradei can break the stranglehold of the National Democratic Party. One of these men is Osama El-Ghazali Harb, chairman of the liberal-oriented United Front Party. He told Egypt's Al-Ahram that although Mr. Elbaradei had received very wide international recognition for his work at the IAEA, that 'he main opposition parties are controlled by old-guard officials who will oppose the nomination of outsiders such as El-Baradei'.
Others officials of the leftist opposition party Tagammu as well as a leading figure of the Muslim Brotherhood have declared that they cannot see a breakthrough as long as Mubarak heads the NDP Party. In 2005, when he ran for re-election, Mubarak has his only serious opponent thrown in jail. Though some inside the party have offered that his son Gamal was being groomed for the job, other contenders include Chief of Intelligence Omar Suleiman (who has been negotiating on and off with for peace with Israel), Secretary- General of the Arab League Amr Moussa, and chemistry Nobel Prize winner Ahmed Zuweil.
After nearly three decades of Hosni Mubarak at the helm, governing Egypt with an iron fist, Mubarak's minister of state for legal and parliamentary affairs had this to say about Elbaradei:
It is not enough to be a prominent academic or someone who has commanded international recognition to be president of Egypt
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as for mt mubark, all the experience he had when he succeeded sadat was his military background.. and till now he lacks any sufficient experience, all the policies are made by the people around him. as for his groomed son gamal, he has no experience whatsoever.. a failed student and a less than mediocre banker.
mr. b has better experience in diplomacy than both of them combined and he will be a sort of a temporarily prez to set a proper stage for democracy and future presidential elections in the future. a prominent and a neutral figure that all egyptians regardless of their political backgrounds can gather around and create a strong stand against mubarak's despotic regime.
elbaradie has a great oppurtunity to lead Egypt , as he enjoys reputation and fame , and high profile among the egyptians and the world.
plus the egyptians who seek for freedom and democracy , hope that elbaradie would be a key to their ambitions instead of mubarak brutal regime.
yes he can .he has a very great oppurtunity to be a president in egypt.when you see him speek you know imidiatly that he can. egypt really need someone like him .we have had enough.it is time for change and the change must be with a man think like him
Time for Change, time for Hope, time for correcting the path and move forword.
I support ElBradie
yes for baradei
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