re: #492 Obdicut

Pragmatism. Some influence is better than none, and maybe they’re betting that he’s going to allow them to continue operating and proselytizing, something that hadn’t been possible with the Sadat and Mubarak regimes.

In a way, it could be that they figure that if they make a concession here - and back Fatouh, they’ll get something down the road - or that they’ll have a greater opportunity to focus on the parliament. With the Constitution still to be determined, focusing on the Parliament and how the constitution functions may be where they’re going. They could realize that they’d be able to limit the power of the president and/or prime minister positions, while maximizing their power and influence via the parliament.

Those are some huge questions to be resolved, but I think that’s what they’re looking at - to focus on the parliament.