Sabahi criticizes Muslim Brotherhood
Despite being 45 minutes late, Hamdeen Sabahi, a former presidential candidate, gave a lecture which resonated with students Wednesday, particularly when he said that Egypt’s president managed to divide rather then unite the country.
The lecture was sponsored by The Model Egyptian Parliament on campus.
Sabai went on to say that President Mohamed Morsi has completely ignored the revolutionary chants about freedom and social justice.
Sabahi also said that “any president coming after a revolution has the potential of using the revolutionary spirit to fix the country, but President Morsi is not doing that.”
“Morsi does not represent the revolution and does not work for its demands,” Sabahi said.
He added that the Muslim Brotherhood did little other than seizing power and excluding all other parties from participating in the political sphere.
“The Muslim Brotherhood now uses the same defunct system by excessively suppressing -demonstrations and it is illogical to consider Morsi the representative candidate for post-revolutionary Egypt, considering the fall of about 70 martyrs since his election,” said Sabahi.
Sabahi said that he seeks with all his effort to ensure a fair election to structure a new government, choose a new attorney general, and enact a new law for elections.
“The Muslim Brotherhood cannot manage elections that they already take part in,” Sabahi said. He also said that all these are rational demands, and that the call is now in the hands of the president, either to listen to the Salvation Front or force them to boycott the elections altogether.
Sabahi answered almost all the questions asked by the audience, ranging from different political incidents and his history in politics.
The lecture also included a discussion on his participation in Egypt’s student union movements in the 70’s. He also mentioned his role in leading these movements during ousted president Mubarak’s rule.
At one point, Sabahi was asked about his opinion regarding Bassem Youssef’s TV show Al Bernameg (The Program) and the song Qatari Habibi that was played during the most recent broadcast. The song is a modified version of Watani Al Akbar (My Greater Nation) originally performed by legendary singing icons, Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Abdel Halim Hafez, and Shadia.
He said that Youssef is full of comedic spirit that Egyptians enjoy and turn to during the most desperate of times.
However, he said that he didn’t like the modified song because he grew up listening to the original version on the radio.
