The Shura Council and a New Act in the Democratic Farce

The article titled "The Shura Council and a New Act in the Democratic Farce" was authored by Comrade Saeed Ahmed Khalil of the Egyptian Communist Workers Party and published in the al-Intifad journal in August 1980. He forcefully argues that the regime's newly established council is merely a deceptive tool designed to consolidate authoritarian police-state control and suppress genuine political opposition. By urging a strict boycott of these fraudulent elections, he champions the demand for true democratic freedoms over participation in a state-engineered political illusion.