CAIRO: The Free Egyptians Party confirmed they will vigorously prepare to enter the next parliamentary elections, despite claims of it being postponed. They said they will run for all elections starting with the election of union chapters in schools, leading up to elections of local councils, trade unions, the People's Assembly and the Shura Council. One of the founders and a member of the executive offices of the party, Basel Adel, told Youm7 the party will participate strongly in political life, noting the party will compete in the next parliamentary elections. The party will not abandon its principles in order to win electoral gains, and Adel stressed there is no candidate for the party in the upcoming presidential elections. The party does not support a particular candidate. Adel explained the Free Egyptians Party has a two part plan for the upcoming parliamentary elections, the first is to rely on natural leaders in provinces and cities, villages and hamlet and the dignitaries did not participate in the corruption of the National Democratic Party, The second is to rely on the youth of the January 25 Revolution, many of whom are part of the party. He added the party is against the idea of forging alliances with other parties to gain votes, especially those with different ideologies since it is against freedom and interests of the vote. The Free Egyptians Party does not fear the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) or the Freedom and Justice Party taking part in the next parliamentary elections. The Free Egyptians Party does not consider them rivals because they work on providing social services, especially to the poor and disadvantaged and this is social work not political work. The MB never took a political stance against any of the regimes governing Egypt since Gamal Abdel Nasser's time. They accepted other regimes existence especially during former President Hosni Mubarak's rule. A member of the Political Bureau of the Free Egyptians Party, Dr. Mohamed Hamed, said, “We are against alliances or elections based on electoral transactions but we support calls for dialogue about governing principles of the Constitution, which should not exclude any political forces, whether religious or liberal or other. The Free Egyptians Party is still calling to postpone the upcoming parliamentary elections, scheduled for September, in the light of current conditions which are not ideal for election." Hamed also disproved claims of the party calling to postponement the elections for the sole purpose of increasing membership. Some political parties' membership reached 72,000 in a short amount of time and thus obviously not in need of more time for that reason. Hamid also said it is necessary for the Law of the People's Assembly elections, offered by the Council of Ministers in detail, to determine how to divide the circuit, just as Adel said. The Free Egyptians Party refuses to continuation the 50 percent division of the People's Assembly into factions of workers and peasants.
