(ANSAmed) - ROME, FEBRUARY 25 - The election of the
59-year-old Coptic sociologist Hala Shukrallah as head of the
Dostour ('Constitution') Party on Friday marks a first that can
in some way be connected with that of the first female and
Coptic head of the doctors syndicate: Mona Mina.
Dr Mina is also known as a strong, decisive woman, who
resigned from the post on February 9 saying that the ''ranks of
the syndicate are divided and torn''. She retracted her
resignation less than two weeks later following a general
assembly vote of confidence.
Having studied in Canada and Great Britain and worked as
director of the Development Support Center, Hala Shukrallah was
elected with 107 votes out of a total of 204 against her
competitors, the journalist Gamila Ismail (57) and the physician
Hossam Abdal-Ghaffar (239).
''This is a party that will be based on participation built on consensus,'' she underscored in a newspaper interview. ''We will develop it in several governorates. It will not be a party based in Cairo.'' In saying this, Shukrallah drew attention to one of the major weaknesses of other parties: a lack of attachment to the territory and population of rural areas, in which the Muslim Brotherhood have long predominated. (ANSAmed).
''This is a party that will be based on participation built on consensus,'' she underscored in a newspaper interview. ''We will develop it in several governorates. It will not be a party based in Cairo.'' In saying this, Shukrallah drew attention to one of the major weaknesses of other parties: a lack of attachment to the territory and population of rural areas, in which the Muslim Brotherhood have long predominated. (ANSAmed).
