Eleições no Egito

No one believes that parliamentary elections in Egypt are democratic. They do not hold out the prospect of changing the government. They are not free and fair. Mohamed ElBaradei, the ex-UN nuclear inspections chief turned Egyptian politician, has said that anyone who votes in Egypt's next elections, slated for November, will be transgressing "the national will." But none of the opposition parties have taken up his boycott call. Every election cycle, indeed, both government and opposition invest immense time and effort in preparation for the balloting. Why do they bother?

Mona El-Ghobashy offers some answers in "The Dynamics of Egypt's Elections," now in Middle East Report Online:
http://www.merip.org/mero/mero092910.html
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