Political parties are meant to fulfill one purpose, and that is the peaceful ascension to power, the goal which is pursued with all legal and constitutional means possible. However, no matter how absurd you think what I just said was, it can never match the absurdity that Egypt’s political parties are drowning themselves in right now. Today, there are about 104 parties in Egypt, yet none of these parties have come anywhere near the primary purpose for which parties are created. The only sort of opposition that political parties in Egypt are practicing is the opposition of banners. With the abolition of parties, Egypt stepped into a period of political retardation that pushed it decades backwards.

Source: Egypt Today April 23, 2018 09:56 UTC