The January Revolution which forced the resignation of Egypt’s former President, Hosni Mubarek, will be put to the test in elections to be held in September 2011.
The popular uprising which led to the overthrow of President Mubarek was the result of deep-seated grievances experienced by the country’s 83 million people against a corrupt and authoritarian regime which had pocketed much of the national wealth or diverted it to spending on the military, leaving tens of…