“Aakef invites Nazif to stop attacking the MB & fight corruption instead…”

In its March 23 edition, Al Quds Al Arabi, an independent, Palestinian owned newspaper, reported that: “In exclusive statements to Al Quds Al Arabi, Mohammad Mahdi Aakef, the Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, confirmed the Brotherhood’s refusal of the governmental statement that was issued by PM Dr. Ahmed Al Nazif before the People’s Council. He said that the statement was gelatinous and that it didn’t solve any of the Egyptian economy’s chronic problems. “Aakef also assured that what Nazif said regarding economic development was pure fantasy, which is confirmed in reality by the [declining status] of many classes after poverty has crept in on many Egyptians. This clearly indicated that the National Party failed to execute its program, except for the part related to the arrest of more politicians, whether members of the Muslim Brotherhood or members of other political forces. Aakef stated that the upcoming days will witness more crises, unless the National Party relinquishes its authority and surrenders the reins of power, peacefully, to another faction that will steer the wheel of the ship, because it is on the verge of sinking. “In response to the attack that was launched by Egyptian PM Ahmed Al Nazif against the Muslim Brotherhood, whereby he stated it had no program and no popularity, Mahdi Aakef asked: ‘If the Brotherhood has no clear program to save the country, why do the people trust it and give it their votes?’. He indicated that Nazif’s statements regarding the Brotherhood’s plan to liberate Egypt from the Egyptians was surprising, because indeed, Egypt needed to be liberated from the corrupt, the thieves, the torturers and those who feed on people’s livelihoods… “He said: ‘If Hamas’s goal in Palestine is to liberate the country from the Jews, a goal like liberating Egypt from the thieves is just as important’. He also added that: ‘We are the new spirit that is running in this nation’s blood and we will revive it with the Koran… We are the new light that will shine and obliterate material darkness with the knowledge of the Holy Allah’. The Guide called on Nazif to stop making accusations against the Brotherhood and the opposition parties and factions, and to solve the ever-growing economic crises and catastrophes instead, ones that were due to the corruption that has spread in the governmental institutions… “On the other hand, the Brotherhood has participated in demonstrations that condemned the occupation of Iraq in light of the third anniversary of the fall of Baghdad. The Brotherhood has also issued a statement, in which it condemned the conspiracies that are being weaved against the Arab and the Muslim world, and strongly criticized the official Arab silence…” - Al Quds Al Arabi, United Kingdom