Hosni's hereditary democracy at risk?Cairo - More than 650 politicians, activists and intellectuals issued a landmark joint statement saying they will push to amend Egypt's constitution to prevent Hosni Mubarak, the country's president for almost a quarter of a century, from standing for another term next year.
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His current six-year term ends in October, 2005 and he has not chosen a successor. In four previous presidential referendums, which require Egyptians to vote yes or no, he has been the sole candidate.
About 689 people, ranging from Islamists to Communists and including 30 members of parliament, signed a petition on Saturday in the name of The Popular Campaign for Reforms, an umbrella group formed last month to try to amend Egypt's constitution to limit a president to holding two terms only.
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Mubarak has previously ruled out amending Egypt's constitution to limit a president to only two terms of office,
while the parliament has routinely rejected calls for more than one candidate to run at presidential elections.News24
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