As expected, at the NDP’s annual carnival of hypocrisy:
Hosni Mubarak has been re-elected leader of Egypt’s ruling party after a vote by members at the start of a party conference.
Via Al-Jazeera
Members of the National Democratic Party (NDP) voted on Saturday by a margin of 5,248 to 9 to keep the Egyptian president as head of the party for another five years, state news agency MENA said.
It was the first time since Mubarak was chosen to head the party in 1981 that the NDP leadership has been decided by a secret ballot.
In previous party conferences, members simply pledged an oath of allegiance to Mubarak.
Grooming successor
Mubarak is believed to be preparing his son Gamal, now a senior party official, to be his eventual successor.
