The Muslim Brotherhood refrain from appearing as a ruling authority during the very difficult years which will follow the 25th of Jan 2011 Revolution
Muslim Brotherhood must agree on the above mentioned scenario in order to stay away and prevent facing very hard and difficult confrontations that the Americans and the Israelis were expecting to take place in Egypt.
The big difficulties that the next president and the next Regime are going to face won’t give them any space or any chance to finish their ruling period, and this is why Muslim Brotherhood must have their hands totally clean when they climb to the governance platform.
When the right moment comes for Brotherhood to take over the power in Egypt, only then financial supports will start appearing so people would link these financial supports and the Egyptian economy refreshing to the Muslim Brotherhood regime. This economy improvement will be followed by a remarkable security stability in the whole country. And only then, the picture would seem like Muslim Brotherhood have reached power in Egypt by the people’s will and general acceptance. It will be very hard on Brotherhood’s opponents who are in the meantime very hostile to the United States, to overthrow the Muslim Brotherhood from power.
This closed tight circle who held the above mentioned meeting, excluded many Muslim Brotherhood names from inside the organization and also excluded Mohamed Abu Elfotuh’s name.
It is not correct nor accurate what some thought about Abu Elfotuh‘s resignation from the Muslim Brotherhood Organization on March 2011. Many thought and even believed that Abu Elfotuh resigned from MB organization because some kind of conspiracy or whatever. The truth is, It was mainly because his name was not suggested in this meeting and he was not included in this closed tight circle.
But as it is known about Muslim Brotherhood, they never commit to any promises or agreements all over their history.
The minute some news leaks about The Military pushing a candidate for the presidency, the Muslim Brotherhood called for an urgent meeting and they discussed that if they find out for definite that the United States had the intentions to allow any military background candidate related to the Military, they were going to handle the situation in their own particular way to stop it from happening.
This particular way of stopping any military candidacy by the Brotherhood, was to spread more chaos in Egypt and it would be enough to destabilize not only Egypt but also the Middle East Area. The Brotherhood knew that the Americans wanted Egypt to be stabilized before Obama finishes his presidency period.
When EL-Selmy’s document appeared on the scene, the Muslim Brotherhood were severely shocked to the point that made them believe this would not happened unless there was a parallel agreement between the Americans and the Military. But at the end, Omar Suleiman exploded the whole issue in his own particular way. (Ali El-Selmy was the former Deputy of Prime Minister for Political Affairs at this period)
Ahmed Shafik‘s candidacy for the presidency was not disturbing the Brotherhood Organization like many thought. In a specific meeting held between all concerned Brotherhood leaders and decisions makers seniors in the organization, they all agreed that if Shafik wins the Presidency which was not likely to happen, he will be forced to cooperate with Muslim Brotherhood one way or another.
Some opinions from inside the MB organization suggested that if Shafik wins, it would be more damaging than if Hamdeen wins.
But what Khairat Alshater said at the end of the meeting was actually the decisiveness Word. Alshater said that Brotherhood are not going to be committed to their agreement with the US and Israel. He confirmed that Brotherhood candidate for the Presidency is going to win the elections and then the US and Israel will be forced to face the fait accompli policy and then they will support the Brotherhood President.
(Ahmed Shafik is a politician and was a former candidate for the presidency of Egypt. He was a senior commander in the Egyptian Air Force and later served as Prime Minister of Egypt from 31 January 2011 to 3 March 2011.) (Hamdeen Sabahi an Egyptian politician and journalist)
Just a short period after what the Brotherhood agreed on, Omar Suleiman announced Officially his candidacy for presidential elections. This announcement of Suleiman terrified the Brotherhood and it was more than they can handle. Brotherhood realized that all the relations and ties that they were counting on with the United States Of America won’t really be enough to face or confront what Suleiman owned of pressure cards.
Suleiman knew that he might not become the President of Egypt, but he certainly trusted that he can ruin the deals and the agreements which took place between Brotherhood, Israel and the United States.
Khairat Alshater did what he wanted from the beginning and went for the presidency. He had a stormy meeting with the Brotherhood Organisation for this decision of his, but at the end, Brotherhood announced that Alshater is their candidate for the presidency.
Israel was surprised and angry from Brotherhood breaking their agreement and despite all their warnings, they just acted totally the opposite. Brotherhood didn’t care much for Israel reaction because they were counting on the US support and promises and also the US capability of facilitating their mission in taking over the authority and power in Egypt and the financial support from some of the Gulf countries and International Banking. After all, Muslim Brotherhood were essentially based on the support of a specific wing in the States.
The American Administration addressed a very severe tone warning to the Brotherhood through the US Ambassador in Egypt who visited the Chief of MB and told him that Al-shater won’t be the President of Egypt for many reasons and even if this is the will of the Organization, Alshater is not going to be the next President.
The Brotherhood Chief said that Muslim Brotherhood cannot afford to lose their friends in the States and they will discuss the issue again and will try to suggest another name to satisfy and meet the US desire. Then he suggested Saad Alkatatny (he was the president of the Egyptian Parliament and he is an MB leader). But the US Ambassador was ready to leave and said that the decision of Alshater withdrawing back his papers from the candidacy has been already taken and the names Brotherhood are suggesting are not suitable.
Alshater was excluded from the candidacy of presidency due to his illegal position as announced in the news later on. The Chief of MB got a phone call from the US Embassy that Alshater’s issue was over and to forget about Alkatatny’s name because he might join him too.
The Muslim Brotherhood decision makers didn’t really have a clear vision of what the US actually wanted. After two days from the meeting between the US Ambassador and the Chief of MB, Essam Alerian, Brotherhood leader tried many times to get a personal appointment with the US Ambassador and he did not specify the purpose of the appointment, anyway the meeting did not take place.
Instead, Cairo was on a meeting with some news announced from inside the main Headquarter of the Brotherhood Organization, Mohamed Morsi was the new candidate for the presidency as a spare one.
Alshater and Mohamed Morsi had mutual disliking towards each other. Morsi saw Alshater as a smart trader. While Alshater saw that Morsi was actually imposed on the Brotherhood Organization by the United States, and he was supported one way or another by the US and this support made Morsi climb inside the Organization faster than it was expected for a guy like him.
Before Mohamed Morsi travel to the United States, he actually had no relation with the MB Organization, even after he went to the States, the Brotherhood Organization didn’t recognize any activity for Morsi among the other Brotherhood members. When Morsi was in The States he only made a few visits to an Islamic center in the US, that Mostafa Mashhour visited during the events of September 1981, Mashhour flee from Egypt just 1 month before Late President Sadat was assassinated.
(Mostafa Mashhour was the fifth General leader of the Muslim Brotherhood. He was the official head of the Egyptian Islamist organization and he has a long history of terror acts and was considered the under ground secret wing who was inclined to violence and armed Gihad in the Brotherhood Organization)
Omar Suleiman Knew a lot of information regarding Mohamed Morsi
Suleiman knew a lot about Mohamed Morsi even when he was studying in the United States. During Mashhour’s visit to the US, he was in contact with some elements of the Islamic Center in the States. He also got in contact with some FBI and CIA officers who led him to Mohamed Morsi, the smart student who was kind to his brothers and he was a friend to many good Americans.
At that period Mohamed Morsi was suffering in his studies in the States because of his poor English language. This part was really weird. Morsi was so weak in English but despite that fact, he never failed in his studies! the reasons remain a mystery.
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