Egypt media focused on declarations issued by Egyptian Minister of High Education about university elections and Zewail's project. Chairman of Al-Nour Party refused what was promoted by some Salafis about how Muslims should vote for Salafis. Youm7: Judge Mahmoud al-Yamani said members of the administrative prosecution will supervise the next elections of Egypt's Bar Association to end the current tension between the wings of justice. He told Youm7 the committee's decision was made since the judges believe the lawyers have the right to be represented in an elected council of the Bar Association to express their objectives and defend their rights. He criticized what some lawyers did during the crisis with judges by closing courts. He blamed the absence of an elected council for not discussing the judiciary law that recently raised controversy, which pushes for immediately conducting the elections. Egypt's Minister of High Education, Motaz Khorshid, said Germany and the Netherlands led the moves against the Palestinian request to gain the membership of UNESCO. He added Egypt worked to unify the Arab situation, clarifying Egypt returned to its diplomatic circles. On the other hand, he expressed anxiety over the increasing role that students currently play in choosing university leaders. Al-Ahram: Head of the Care Fund of Egyptians in Saudi Arabia, Hassan Lashin, said the votes of Egyptians expats will enrich the next elections, adding Egypt will witness free and fair elections. He praised the efforts exerted by the Egyptian Consulate to ease the measures to register Egyptians abroad in Saudi Arabia to pave the way for participating in the next elections. A leader in the Democratic Coalition for Egypt, Waheed abdel-Maguid, said the coalition will hold a meeting on Sunday November 13 with the different powers that announced their refusal of al-Salmy's document. He added the participants will discuss a number of alternative documents to confront the al-Salmy one, including Al-Azhar document, the Democratic Coalition document and the Cabinet document. He expected the participants will prefer Al-Azhar document as the Islamic institution enjoys its position as a leading religious institution among Egyptians. He did not rule out the possibility of escalating the situation by calling out for a million-man demonstration on Friday November 18 to pressure the government to withdraw the document. Al-Masry Al-Youm: A field study conducted by TNS Company revealed the majority of Egyptians support the establishment of a civil state, representing 75 percent of Egyptians, while only 25 percent support a religious state. The study added 61 percent of Egyptians trust in Egypt's ruling military council after eight months of the revolution. A total of number of 56 percent of participants of the opinion poll expressed their anxiety of the current soaring prices and brutal poverty and unemployment that strongly expanded after the revolution. The study underlined that people believe the next Egyptian president should enjoy political experience, in addition to confronting corruption and to meeting the aspiration and demands of citizens. Amr Moussa ranked first position among the presidential candidates, gaining 38 percent. Al-Shorouq: Head of Technical Office of High Election Committee Yossri Abdel Kareem said the committee announced its commitment to judicial rules, including those who prevented members of the dissolved National Democratic Party (NDP) from running for the next parliamentary elections. Abdel Kareem said the committee did not receive any notification about any judicial rule in this regard, adding the committee will not take any decision in the issue before discussing the matter in its meeting scheduled for Monday. He said the committee has no headquarters in the Egyptian governorates so it has no relation with the violation committed during the electoral campaign of different candidates. He demanded those who were harmed by such campaigns to submit complaints to the Public Prosecution. Al-Gomhorreya: A leader in the Freedom and Justice Party, Hazem Farouk, praised the judicial rule issued by the Administrative Court, adding any violations will be strongly refused by Egyptians. He added he waited for such a decision from Egypt's ruling military council, which delayed political isolation law for a long time. Chairman of Al-Nour Party Emad Abdel Ghafour described the rule as a historic decision, adding Al-Nour Party was the first to demand isolating members of the dissolved NDP. Chairman of Damir al-Oma Party Mustafa Abdel Rashid said he will file a complaint to the Public Prosecutor to investigate about the money of some members of the NDP, adding the Egyptian economy needs to be cleanser of corruption.
