Comments on: Ministerial maneuvers

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 09:41:30 +0000

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 09:00:26 +0000

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By: Mohamed

Mohamed — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 09:54:38 +0000

Praktike, after the elected federation was dissolved last year because of the poor results of the national team (considering the money spent on it), as well as the money wasted on the 2010 world cup bid, the new selected federation is currently illegitimate. So apparently (I’m not really following the details), the mess arises from the attempts and manipulations to elect a new legit federation causing the elections date to be pushed further.

So, with all the media attacks on AlFiqi, he’ll now get a chance to pay them back I guess, since he’ll be their boss!

By: Hellme

Hellme — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 08:24:58 +0000

MM - I see where you’re going, and I don’t want to see that Judging by the volatility of the Egyptian collective, something like that will take years to recover from.

By: praktike

praktike — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 23:44:45 +0000

Pardon my ignorance … what’s the football federation mess?

By: Mohamed

Mohamed — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:59:33 +0000

Well, if you add up all the theories you mention about Beltagy, with that one about AlFiqi, and considering that he’s pretty close to Gamal. Sounds like a perfect ministers shuffle.

By: issandr

issandr — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:49:53 +0000

Mohamed, that’s an interesting theory, I had forgotten about the football federation mess. But this is quite a big promotion for a relative unknown, I wonder if it’s not just Hosni’s whim.

By: Mohamed

Mohamed — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:46:07 +0000

Issandr, re Beltagy and AlSherif’s background stories, its interesting that almost everyone in Egypt knows those stories somehow, yet I’ve never seen them published anywhere (except on this great blog ofcourse).

Some say that this move could’ve been to save AlFiqi from all the media attacks on him resulting from all the mess at the football federation.

By: MM

MM — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 17:07:55 +0000

I am not looking for incremental or cosmetic changes. I want the whole regime gone! I want to see Guillotines in Liberation squares, I want retribution, I want Liberty, Equality, Fraternity! Do you see where I am going!!

By: Hellme

Hellme — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 16:23:58 +0000

I’ll take the naive, optimistic opinion any day, thanks. As you mentioned, I feel that anything Al Fiqi pulls off will be an achievement compared to Beltagi. There is so much room for improvement, I think he might just get the ball rolling accidently if he isn’t inclined to actually make things better.

By: MM

MM — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 15:51:24 +0000

Just another “Squealer”: I hate to dampen anyone’s optimisim regarding the new Information Minister, but he will be no more than another “Squealer” for Mubarak’s corrupt rule!

By: issandr

issandr — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 15:30:12 +0000

It’s not really meant to be a judgement on his character or particularly meaningful, but here is an interesting nugget: Anas Al Fiqi started his career as an encyclopedia salesman before entering government work at the ministry of culture. Amusing.

By: Mohammed

Mohammed — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 11:21:44 +0000

great post…
Thanks Issandr…