Whilst our troops, together with the Americans and French are engaged in the humanitarian bombing of their neighbour Libya, the Egyptian people have been turning out in high numbers to vote in a referendum which will impact on the presidential elections which will occur later in the year.Many will marvel at the swiftness of this latest development, given that the spontaneous and unplanned uprising against the last president only started six to eight weeks ago.
One interesting feature to note is that, to stand for election in the forthcoming presidential election, the candidate must meet certain criteria:
- He (it certainly will be a "he") must be over 40
- He must be an Egyptian born in Egypt
- Both his parents must be Egyptian born Egyptians
- Neither he nor either of his parents can ever has been foreign citizens
- He must not be married to a foreigner
