Political dissident Saad Eddin Ibrahim announced he was supporting 47-year-old Gamal Mubarak's bid for president in 2011 saying "every Egyptian has the right to run for elections that are free, fair and under international and local supervision".
Egypt is in the midst of a campaign cycle for parliamentary elections scheduled for late 2010 and presidential elections in November 2011. President Hosni Mubarak, 82, who assumed office following the 1981 assassination of President Anwar Sadat, hasn't made his 2011 intentions clear.
Madhi al-Kordi, who leads a pro-Gamal group in Cairo, told Egyptian newspaper al-Masry al-Youm that he met with Ibrahim to get better acquainted with "various political forces" in Egypt.
"My next meeting will be with Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie," he added.
Ibrahim was jailed in 2003 for his dissident views. He complained of heredity rule when Syrian President Bashar Assad took over for his father in 2000. He said a Gamal presidency wasn't a case of "inheritance," however. UPI
