demonstrator brandished an Egyptian flag during a protest marking the first anniversary of the Egypt of the insurrection in Tahrir square in Cairo during (Mohamed Abd El Ghany Reuters, REUTERS / 25 January 2012)
Cairo (Reuters) - revolutionary Egyptians forced Hosni Mubarak of the Bureau last year were struggling to find a voice to represent them in the presidential race who will appoint his successor. But the militant and rights lawyer young labour hope that it may fit the Bill.
Khaled Ali, 40, has attracted a dedicated young, buzz of media coverage and be considered as a serious competitor, less than 10 days after the announcement he would go for first real presidential election the Egypt which starts May 23.
It is still far from certain that the newcomer a chance. And with little funding and a duty to register with 30 000 citizens, it is uncertain that it will even be able to run. But he says his candidacy is to show that a new generation deserves a chance to.
"My decision to run is not to fill a gap." "It is to be a different voice, of a different generation, with a different political discourse," he told Reuters in an interview this week its campaign of downtown Cairo headquarters.
"Over these past years, I wasn't speaking, I was work, work that challenges the law enforcement authorities, which defends the simple and poor," he said, speaking passionately about workers rights and social justice.
Ali said he would go at the end of February, much later than politicians such as former League heavyweight Arab Chief Amr Moussa, 75, former member Muslim Brotherhood or Abdel Moneim Abol Fotoh, 60.
In a nation, a neighbourhood of 80 million people between 18 and 29 years old and steeped in poverty, Ali populist touch, humble roots and legacy of activism causes wrinkles.
It is the most young presidential hopeful--40 is the minimum age for a candidate - and the volunteers autour to tell him "the elderly nation" must go. Mubarak 82 when he lost power, the head of the army is 76 and 79 acting Prime Minister.
How the army managed the critical transition, Ali said that the generals have squandered much of the goodwill, that they enjoyed when Mubarak was overthrown. Friends and supporters convinced him to run and he only agreed after holding that the revolution that they began to be prosecuted.
EGYPT IS NOT BAD
Ali is a former head of the Egyptian Centre for economic and social rights who refused a post ministerial in a post-Mubarak of the cabinet because he did not want to work under generals and what he described as a Government that was biased towards the rich. He has a different vision of Egypt.
He said he wants to revive the public sector, which he believes has untapped potential. He also said that he wants a competitive playground for the private sector, at the start of capitalism in the era Mubarak. He avoids the traditional labels of left or right policies.
He accuses an unproductive economy that is too heavily dependent on tourism and remittances from Egyptians living abroad for the shielding does not the poor in a year of disorders.
"The Egypt is not bad." The Egypt has excellent resources. "We have, however, is the policies that create poverty," said Ali.
"We need real education, we need health care and hospitals, we need houses, we need employment." Those who will not be achieved except by a company that installs by a national goal and this goal must be to rebuild an economy. ?
In a modest apartment, dozens of volunteers who work on the campaign of Ali agreed with him and are racing against time to spread the message of a little-known man of the majority of the Egyptians, a man they see as emerging directly from the manifestations of Tahrir square.
Ali was behind a victory of historic court during the Mubarak which forced the Government to recognize the need for a minimum wage. Unions know him well for his role in defending their cause when they are fighting against plans of implementation and availability to protest against higher wages.
But registration 30 000 supporters in a month is not an easy task, especially for a man with little national profile.
"We are swimming against the current." "All we have been able to do is produce a few posters," he said, laughing as he recalled the excitement of the campaign when they have printed brochures in color. "We are fighting against dinosaurs."
(Edited by Richard Meares)
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