Egypt Orders Dissolution of Mubarak’s Former Ruling Party

The decision to dissolve the NDP “is a patronizing act and assumes custodianship over the Egyptian people, who have already brought down the party,” said Hisham Kassem, a human rights activist and a publisher. “They should rather leave it to the ballots and let people have the choice of voting for them or not, but dissolving it through a court decision brings us back to the old system. This is unacceptable.” - BusinessWeek -- Court order to dissolve Egypt's NDP deals body blow to old power structure - Reuters - Aljazeera.net