Political factions rejected new initiatives calling for reconciliation with the Muslim Brotherhood including the initiatives of the [Muslim Brotherhood led] National Coalition in Support for Legitimacy and the last initiative of Cairo University Professor Hassan Nafaa [a liberal]. Dr. Wahīd Abd al- Maggīd the official spokesman of the Salvation Front, uniting non-Islamist political parties, stated that the initiatives of reconciliation with the Muslim Brotherhood are being proposed in a wrong time, as the conditions are not opportune (Jamāl Abu Al- Dahab et al., al- Ahrām, Feb. 7) Read original text in Arabic.