Let’s start from the beginning: The Muslim Brotherhood’s Guidance Council rejected Essam el-Erian to join the council after the death of Mohammed Hilal, because of what has been named: “violation of internal rulesâ€. MB Chairman Mr. Akef stepped down as a response for banning him from practicing his authority. Akef told local media that there was a secret in the executive office and he didn't know what it was, but he would try to reveal the truth. The Muslim Brotherhood's Guidance Bureau called for a questionnaire for the Shura Council to determine when to hold the Bureau’s elections. The result was the “postponing the elections.†It was clear that this result wasn’t to the fondness of certain members in the Muslim Brotherhood Guidance Council; and then they called for a new questionnaire to ask the Shura Council again the same question in a different way: When do you want to hold the elections? A. Right now! B. After Six Months! C. After one year! The result was the opposite of the previous one, 37 members of Shura Council agreed to hold the elections “right now.†32 members chose to hold the elections after six months, And 16 members said to hold the elections after one year. Dr. Mahmoud Ezzat, the Secretary-General of the Brotherhood, contributed to Al Jazeera’s show “Without Frontiers†with journalist Ahmed Mansour. He announced there that the elections would be held that week. After 48 hours from Mansour’s show, Dr. Mohammed Habib, the deputy chairman of Muslim Brotherhood announced serious news! He wasn’t aware of the elections! Dr. Habib strongly criticized Dr. Ezzat and said that the elections would be a “violation of internal rules.†He said that he led the executive office for the last period, and he didn’t know anything about an elections date. This clearly means that Dr. Ezzat controlled the MB without Habib’s knowledge. Late in December, we suddenly knew that the elections were already held, and the results would be announced very soon. After that, we knew that there would be new faces in the executive office and there would be some “surprises.†Ikhwanonline.com, the official website for the MB announced the names of MB new executive office. All the names are the names of the old office, except: Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, Mohammed Habib, and three other persons, including Lashin Abushanab, the member who exceeds 80-years-old. Aboul Fotouh is the only member in the Guidance Council that is considered a “reformist,†with excluding him from the new form of the bureau, we can say: The Conservatives won! Dr. Ibrahim Alza’farany – the member of shura council- told Eman Abdel Moneim from IslamOnline about all the errors of the elections. He told her that this election is invalid and what it is based on is false. But I don’t want to write to criticize the election’s results, I just want to write down my testimony that I – as a Muslim Brotherhood Member – am refusing the elections. I’m refusing the way the elections were held and the results of the elections and the new executive office members! I’m refusing all these points because I want to be honest with Hassan Al Banna’s heritage. I can’t accept Sayed Qutb’s ideology in the Muslim Brotherhood, and it’s clear that the new office will adopt the Qutbic ideology as most of the office members were arrested with Sayed Qutb in 1965. In my opinion, Mohammed Badi, the first candidate to be the 8th supreme guide of the Brotherhood, will clearly reflect the new ideology of the executive bureau in the coming phase. Aboul Fotouh is the one who can solve this part of the equation of the crisis. He should take a strict attitude towards these violations, he should move and he will find many youth of MB following him in his way to reform the Brotherhood from inside. BM The beliefs and statements of all Bikya Masr blogumnists are their own and do not necessarily reflect our editorial views.
