Sisis declarations during the run-up for election that he was planning to take from the rich and give the poor - like Nasser - scared a lot of Mubaraks influential businessmen. To guarantee a payback for their three years of work and secure their interests, such businessmen worked through their networks to send a strong message to Sisi: you are politically weak without our support. They mostly refrained from mobilizing their networks through effective means that they mastered during Mubaraks era, and then pressured to save Sisi by the third day. The 3 days of elections revealed that the media is of marginal influence, since their cries failed to push people to the voting lines, and Sisi came out indebted to Mubaraks men, even more. Sisi will be forced to pay back those Mubarak men. This is expected to bring two domestic economic giants head-to-head: Mubaraks businessmen and the military economic empire. Managing the division of the spoils is something that Sisis strict military-oriented mentality is least capable of doing.
Posted on: Wed, 04 Jun 2014 10:30:30 +0000
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