Egypt's presidential candidates and high-profile candidates were absent from the celebration of the opening of the first headquarters of al-Karama Party in Cairo. Hamdeen Sabbahi, the founder of the party and potential presidential candidate, said, "Our main objective is to build a new political regime titled with the "dignity" after we managed to over throw the former regime." He added that Egypt lives in a transitional stage in which Egyptians cannot achieve all their objectives and ambitions. Sabbahi demanded that Egypt's ruling military council call upon the Interior Ministry to detain 50,000 thugs to restore security, describing the claims of insecurity as “lies.” He said, “the Interior Minister knows the names and addresses of thugs,” adding that “police and thugs are united in one hand.” Sabbahi also demanded that the Higher Judicial Council form 10-20 judicial circuits to prosecute the figures of the former regime who were involved in corrupting Egyptian life through rigging elections, killing protesters, harming public funds, and torturing prisoners. He stressed the right of former president Hosni Mubarak to be prosecuted in front of a civil trial, not military one. The conference witnessed a difference between Sabbahi and Ameen Alexander about the question of Egypt's constitution. Alexander demanded writing a new constitution before holding parliamentary elections, while Sabbahi stressed the necessity of only agreeing on higher principles for the constitution before the elections. Alexander announced that he will run for the parliamentary elections. He said he will call for amending the minimum age of parliamentary candidates to 25 years. He criticized the presence of the remnants of the former regime in different institutions including local councils and the National Security Agency. Alexander demanded expanding the extent of democracy in the next stage through holding free and fair elections, expressing his support to the PR list electoral system.
