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General Guide of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood (MB) Mohamed Mahdi Akef said that the MB did not accept Gamal Mubarak succeeding his father Hosni Mubarak as Egypt's president given the circumstances that have led Mr. Gamal to control everything
MB Deputy Guide Mohamed Habibi had told Reuters on Thursday that the group agreed on Gamal Mubarak's nomination to run for president on certain conditions, but he denied it again.

Akef said "Gamal Mubarak is the Secretary of the Policy Committee of the National Democratic Party (NDP), but disposes of State affairs, and has contributed to the establishment of military tribunals, and sponsored the daily arrests of MB members. The MB will never agree to a man like him as Egypt's President", according to Al-Masry Al-Youm.

Akef said “yes, I've said the MB might accept Gamal Mubarak's nomination on specific conditions, but that was before the amendment of Article 76 of the Constitution. Yet, this Article has been tailored in favor of Gamal Mubarak himself, that's why we now completely reject him”

He added that “Before the amendment, we said Gamal Mubarak could run for the presidency only provided that he did as a normal Egyptian citizen, without any influence coming from his being the President's son. After he became Secretary of the Policy Committee, though, he has taken control of everything”

For his part, Mahmoud Ezzat, Egypt’s MB Secretary General said the recent amendments made to the party's platform were definitive and irreversible.

This platform would not be submitted to the Party Affairs Committee, as the MB knew it would inevitably be rejected, added Ezzat.

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