The British newspaper The Guardian published a report on the presidential elections currently taking place in Egypt She doubted her integrity, and said that the Egyptian President’s position towards him was weak Gaza It appears in the country’s suffering from poverty, corruption and inflation.
She explained that for Egyptians, the only signs that an election was imminent were posters of pictures of the president Abdel Fattah Sisi On every wall and billboard available across the country.
She said that the recurring images of Sisi, always staring with a “cruel and forced” smile, are so ubiquitous that people have turned to the Internet, the only place available to them for freedom of expression, and making “memes” for them to share with others.
In one photo, the Guardian reports, which Egyptians are circulating online, it shows Jack and Rose from… Titanic movie Sitting on a deck surrounded by Sisi campaign posters, in another, people joked that a pregnant woman had posted so many photos of Sisi on her way to work that her newborn child began to resemble the president.
There doesn’t seem to be an election
The Guardian quoted Mohamed Lotfy from the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms as saying that it does not appear that there are elections taking place, adding that everyone is preoccupied with what is happening in Gaza.
Mohamed Lotfy added that there is no hope that these elections will bring anything new except a third term for Sisi, so there is a kind of acceptance, and the other candidates are not running to win, and everyone understands that they are running because they hope to obtain political advantages in the future.
The newspaper also attributed to opposition politician Mohamed Anwar Sadat – nephew of the late Egyptian president – Anwar alsadat “The elections are over a long time ago,” he said. “Now it’s all about the turnout level, and that means what Sisi will get: this is the election. Otherwise, it’s over, in my opinion. Sure, there are 3 other candidates, but they are only there to make the overall picture look pretty.” “.
Economic performance
The report shed light on the economic performance of Sisi’s rule, saying that it led – after 10 years – to a harsh reality, in which a third of the Egyptian people fell into poverty, according to state estimates, and inflation this year exceeded nearly 40%, with inflation particularly high in Food.
The report added that Sisi’s promises of prosperity are among his huge boastful projects. like: The new capital Shining on the outskirts of Cairo, it brought nothing to the Egyptians. The British newspaper’s report continued to say that Sisi’s rule combined harsh austerity measures for the public and lavish spending within the regime.
The Guardian also noted that Sisi has used the past 10 years to “cleanse” society of any person or institution that could constitute the slightest amount of opposition.
The newspaper concluded its report with statements from Timothy Kaldas, an expert in Egyptian political economy at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy, in which he said: When we look at where Egypt is heading now, after 10 years of Sisi’s rule, it is difficult to understand why anyone, including… Sisi himself said that Egypt would be better off if he continued to rule for another 6 years.
