CAIRO, Feb. 15 (UPI) — The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt announced Tuesday that it began the processes necessary to become a formal political party.
The Muslim Brotherhood was banned under the regime of Hosni Mubarak from competing openly as a political party. Its candidates won 20 percent of the seats in the Egyptian Parliament by running as independent candidates in 2005. Mubarak’s ruling National Democracy Party last year, however, wiped the group off the political map in elections widely criticized by the international community.
Leaders of the group said that once it formed a legitimate committee, it would apply to become a formal political party in Egypt.
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