EGYPT: Muslim Brotherhood explains why it’s bucking boycott to take part in elections

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Many Egyptian reformists were disappointed when the Muslim Brotherhood rejected calls to boycott the country’s upcoming Nov. 28 parliamentary elections.

The Muslim Brotherhood remains the country’s largest opposition bloc. As part of a series of video interviews collected by the Carnegie Middle East Center ahead of this month’s much-anticipated elections, Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Essam Arian explains his movement’s strategy in the 2010 People’s Assembly elections and the 2011 presidential race.

The Brotherhood ran 12 candidates in the June 1, 2010 Shura Council elections. But none won a seat.

-- Carnegie Middle East Center