Lawmaker Jābir al-Jahlān, a member of the parliamentary bloc of the Building & Development Party, the political arm of the al-Jamā’ah al-Islāmīyah (Islamic Group), said the Jamā’ah does not mind having any of the fulūl (remnants) of the former regime to enter the presidential elections on condition that the state organizations shall not interfere in their favor, the elections are fair and the security apparatus would not rig the votes for their interests.

“The Jamā’ah is certain that the fulūl do not have any assets on the ground and will not be able to stand competition. I would like those fulūl to run in the elections so that the Egyptian people on the street see their plummeting popularity for themselves,” said Jahlān in statements. [Munīr Adīb, al-Misrī al-Yawm, April 18, p. 7] Read original text in Arabic