The Arab Reform Bulletin of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace said the National Democratic Party (NDP) will use its old methods in the 2010 parliamentary elections, giving certain opposition parties that it will choose, such as the moderate Wafd, the leftist Tagamu and possibly the liberal Ghad parties, more seats than they could win, due to their poor organization, leadership split and poor penetration in society. Professor of political science at North Eastern University, Dennis Sullivan, said in a report he prepared for the Bulletin: "Egypt's ruling party would use such methods again to keep the Muslim Brotherhood away from the political scene so as not to repeat the scenario of the 2005 elections, and at the same time, suggest to the U.S. and other countries that democracy is prevailing in Egypt."
He added: "The question now is about the new generation that is growing within the Muslim Brotherhood, waiting to rise to leadership positions currently occupied by the older generation," explaining that the Brotherhood does not want to find itself compelled to boycott the elections like it did in 2008.
