Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 20

16-May-2005

Political Comment (16 May 2005)

Egypt has passed a constitutional amendment which theoretically allows multiple candidates to contest presidential elections. The Israeli government is wondering what to do if Hamas wins the forthcoming Palestinian parliamentary elections. And in Iran, former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has announced that he will be a candidate in the forthcoming election to choose a successor to President Mohammad...