Rock God X wrote:
But if the next election is to be 'free and fair', they can't be prevented from standing again.
I know of no suggestion that they would or might be prevented. Their problem would be in getting enough people to vote for them, given how they performed post the last election.
Rock God X wrote:
I don't know what percentage of the Egyptian population are Muslim,
91%
I think it is plain wrong to suggest that all Muslims will vote the same way. So far as I can tell, there is a fairly high level of political sophistication amongst the Egyptian electorate, which seems much more politically engaged than many places. Anyway the protests that directly led to Morsi's downfall involved, literally, millions of Egyptians taking to the streets, and so it's reasonably safe to assume that around 90% of the protesters are Muslims. I don't think that's the point at all.
Rock God X wrote:
but there's at least a chance they could get in again. What then? Another coup?
I have consulted my crystal ball but sadly there is no reception. The pattern of leaves in my tea suggests however that, as now, it would perhaps not be the result of the election, but the subsequent conduct of the winners, that would determine what then.
