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Egypt's Nour Party denies talk of Nour-FJP electoral alliance Leading Salafist party denies statements by Brotherhood's FJP that talks are currently underway regarding proposed electoral alliance
Shaaban Abdel-Alim, member of the Salafist Nour Party's higher committee, denied on Monday that talks were underway between his party and the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party regarding a proposed alliance in upcoming parliamentary elections. Senior FJP member Mahmoud Amer had previously stated that the FJP had opened negotiations with other parties – mainly the Nour Party –to discuss possible electoral alliances. Amer also said that the FJP intended to contest 100 per cent of the seats in parliament in hopes of capturing half of them – or 60 per cent in the event that the FJP allied itself with another party. Nour Party officials, however, dismiss reports that the two parties are in talks about a possible coalition. "If it's true that the FJP is contesting 100 per cent of the seats, then we won't seek an alliance with them; all of the parties will contest the polls separately," said Nour's Abdel-Alim. The FJP and the Nour Party together captured some three quarters of the seats in the People's Assembly (the lower house of parliament) in Egypt's first post-Mubarak parliamentary polls late last year. The assembly was later dissolved in June, however, by order of Egypt's military. In last year's elections, the FJP and the Nour Party – Egypt's two leading Islamist parties – contested the polls separately. According to recent constitutional changes made by President Mohamed Morsi, fresh parliamentary polls will be conducted two months after a new constitution is approved via popular referendum. http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/51414.aspx
