Ousted Mubarak Advises Egypt to Vote for Sisi

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The ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak advised Egyptians to vote for former army chief, Abdulfattah al-Sisi, in the country's next month elections on Wednesday.

"You do not have any other option," Mubarak told the private newspaper, al-Masri Al-Youm.

Mubarak said the US administration piles pressures on Egypt to allow the Muslim Brotherhood into Egypt's political life.
"They tell us that we cannot get planes unless the Brotherhood returns to the political life," Mubarak reportedly told the newspaper.

"They [the US administration] had done this with me, but I had never bowed to their pressures," he claimed.

Mubarak told the newspaper that Egypt should not depend on aid from the Gulf Arab countries, which have so far given Egypt billions of dollars in cash aid and petroleum assistance.

Asked about veteran politician Hamdeen Sabahi, Sisi's main potential rival in the election, Mubarak reportedly said that Sabahi is not fit to rule Egypt.
Last week, al-Sisi resigned from his post as Egypt's defense minister and unveiled his intention to run for president.

The elections are scheduled to take place on May 26-27.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team