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In the Name of God, the Merciful the Compassionate:

The Justice Party is Under Construction ((Our program of justice to establish ownership)) for the Egyptian people of ((daily bread and self-determination)).

We are on our way to achieving it. We presented this document to the Field Marshal with a list of demands for achieving social justice—the basis of freedom and democracy— from which the revolution broke out on January 25th.

These are the demands that form the basis of the party’s program: choosing a president like Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq, ministers like ‘Umar, ‘Uthman, ‘Ali, and Yusif (peace be unto him in his possessions), ministers of defense like Khalid, Al-Qa‘qa‘, and Abu ‘Ubaida Al-Jarrah, and a consultative assembly like the apostles of Jesus (peace be unto him). Of course, we will not emulate them, but rather follow their examples.
-Majdi Khazbak

The following is a speech regarding demands presented under number 72 at the Citizen’s Affairs Desk on 2/14/2011, to the Ministry of Defense in Cairo, Field Marshall and Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces and leader of the current revolution Hussein Tantawi, leader of the members of the of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.

After the greeting…

From a citizen of the Land of Kinana, Egypt, to the councilmen in your capacity as leaders during the interim period of the Egyptian Revolution, we seek the following from you:

Firstly, a statement produced on all the properties owned by the former president and his relatives, as well as the former employees of the state apparatus, accrued through their corruption.

Secondly, to strike with an iron hand every corrupt individual who robbed the wealth, commercial, and land properties of the Egyptian people and sold them for the cheapest prices. To ensure this, we implore your councilmen to execute the following important steps:

A) To produce a statement that forces those who have been involved in bribery or brokerage commission, and gained from it, to provide a statement to those overseeing illicit losses with names of those who benefited from this for the duration of a month. This will determine the actual cost of the original buying value that the assets were purchased at according to the agreement made by the former entity of the corrupt state.

B) Gather all sales records for production—agricultural, commercial, or non-commercial—facilities owned by the state after the month time limit granted to the buyers. Record the actual cost of all suspicious sales undertaken by the former state.

C) Form a committee or group of committees made up of persons who can uphold the integrity of information to account for the market price at the time of all sales contracts and determine the differences to be paid to the Public Treasury as a result of the sale of these assets.
If the beneficiary is not able to pay the value of the difference, then terminate his contract and return his purchasing power to him in relation to the portion of capital paid and the actual value at the time of purchase to the current market value. This value is to be assessed based on the price determined by competitive bidding in accordance with the tender law. Or, if the project is indivisible, offer that he undertakes the project as a partner with the state using the value of his paid capital, to be estimated at the current value.

Limit the work period of these committees to a maximum of six months from the date of the statement, in order to complete the task.
Thirdly, activate the role of the public sector that shall complete the retrieval of suspicious sales operations and allow those renowned for their efficiency and integrity in the administration to take over these projects to assure suitable work opportunities. The state should seize control over the parts of the industrial and commercial sectors that the former regime lost, as well as their facilities. The most influential industries are iron, concrete, fertilizers, gas resources, and so forth, from the vibrant facilities which gave their lost prestige to the state during the former regime.

Fourth, select a sufficient parliament possessing efficiency and integrity made up of those who neither agreed with the former regime nor fell in line, and there are plenty of such loyal citizens in Egypt.

Fifth, invest all state resources to create sustainable national production, commercial, and agricultural factories of all kinds, and to build up state resources, both human and material. This is to let prosperity prevail across Egypt so that poor citizens feel the gains of the revolution with the provision of job opportunities, income increases, and the provision of essential human necessities according to their income levels.

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Acquired 11 March 2011

Translation by Andrea Okorley.

Translation reviewed by Thomas Levi Thompson.

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