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April 8th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Like Mr Shater, Gen Suleiman had also promised not to stand. He said he had changed his mind after overwhelming public pressure had stirred his sense of soldierly duty.
Less unpopular than many of Mr Mubarak’s civilian ministers because of his army background, Gen Suleiman will still be viewed by a holdover from a previous regime than many Egyptians would prefer to forget.
Others will see his candidacy as plot by the army, which has governed Egypt since Mr Mubarak’s downfall, to retain considerable power once the handover to civilian rule is completed.
Secular liberals will also feel that they are being squeezed out of having say over Egypt’s future by the military on the one hand and Islamists on the other. The Muslim Brotherhood and rival Islamist parties won more more than two-thirds of the vote in parliamentary elections earlier this year.
Israel will cautiously welcome Mr Suleiman’s candidacy. As intelligence chief he played a vital role assisting the Jewish state in imposing its blockade of the Gaza Strip.
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