In the context of the ongoing conflict between the two conflicting fronts within the Brotherhood, namely the Istanbul Front led by Mahmoud Hussein, the former Secretary-General of the group, and the London Front led by Ibrahim Munir, the Istanbul Front announced the official dismissal of Munir and the formation of a committee to carry out the duties of the group’s guide.
The Istanbul Front said in an official statement issued on Friday evening that the Shura Council met and decided to form a temporary committee in the name of the Acting Committee of the General Guide from among its members, and it performs the tasks of the group’s general guide for a period of six months, provided that this committee is announced at the time determined by the Council.
Mahmoud Hussein
In the statement, the council confirmed that the committee had begun to practice its work and announced the appointment of Dr. Mustafa Tolba as its official representative. Sources revealed to Al-Arabiya.net that “Mustafa Tolba is the deputy head of the Brotherhood’s Shura Council in Turkey and has close relations with the Turkish authorities and manages a huge group of group investments and funds.
Sources had revealed to Al-Arabiya.net a few days ago that the Istanbul Front held a conference for its members in all parts of Turkey with the participation of the Egyptian administration concerned with preparing for the elections in preparation for the appointment of an acting leader of the group, and in the presence of a large number of the front’s leaders and members of the General Shura Council.
The conference, which witnessed a remarkable women’s presence in an Istanbul hotel, was held under the slogan of a forum loyal to the principles and principles to discuss how to prepare for the elections and appoint a committee to manage the group in Turkey instead of the committee that was recently elected and won the confidence of the London Front led by Munir.
Brotherhood elements loyal to Hussein’s Front demanded that the new leader be granted broad powers with defining them, and announcing them officially by the members of the General Shura Council, and that the Shura Council issue an official assignment decision in the name of the new leader, and notify the group’s ranks of it.
Ibrahim Mounir
The group’s elements called for the formation of a basic committee to be supportive of the new leader, and for a period of 3 months until the pillars of his work were established, and to provide it with experts from strategists, politicians and media professionals, with the establishment of a strong media center that would be supportive of the work of the leader, and supervising the passing of his messages to the ranks of the group at home and abroad, as well as leaders and governments of the world.
The group’s elements and leaders in Turkey agreed on the necessity of establishing a media team, other than the media center, next to the new leader, whose mission would be to send his first message to the countries of the world and the international media, and that it should be written in English, not Arabic.
The leaders of the group suggested that the task of the media team be to market the decisions of the new leader, monitor the negative and positive reactions, respond immediately to suspicions, and communicate with international and research institutions and study centers to present an advanced mental image of the group and its work, performance and goals.
It is noteworthy that Mahmoud Hussein, the former Secretary-General of the Brotherhood and the leader of what was known as the Istanbul Front, had made statements broadcast by the group’s websites a few days ago in which he confirmed the invalidity of the decisions of Ibrahim Mounir, the acting general guide, and his dismissal from his position and the selection of a temporary committee that performs the tasks of the acting guide.
Hussein said that the General Shura Council, which is the highest body in the group, met and decided to dismiss Munir, and invalidate his recent decisions to marginalize, freeze and dismiss leaders from the group, and decided to form a temporary committee to assume the duties of the acting guide.
He added that all members of the General Shura Council were invited and convened with a valid quorum according to the group’s bylaw, and it was decided to take all those decisions, considering that Munir is a brother, but he does not currently have any responsibilities within the group, and indicated that Munir’s recent decisions have no effect, and may not be taken. Except by a decision of the approved and elected General Shura Council.
He said that after the arrest of Mahmoud Ezzat and at the beginning of Ibrahim Munir’s assumption of responsibility, specifically on the ninth of September in the year 2020, he personally submitted a request from him and signed by 10 leaders of the Shura Council, to Ibrahim Munir to amend Article 5 of the group’s regulation, which requires him to assume the task of the charge d’affaires, and the necessity Activating institutional work by referring the matter to the General Shura Council to take a decision, adding that he was surprised by Munir ignoring that.
He said that the amendment includes that in the absence of the guide and his deputies, the matter of the group’s management is referred to the General Shura Council, and the text that requires the oldest member of the Guidance Office to take over the work of the general guide of the group, which Munir rejected, and ignored, stressing that the council convened and decided to amend the regulation and dismiss Munir and choose Community management committee.
He revealed that Munir is not allowed to dissolve elected councils, dismiss or freeze leaders of the General Shura Council, declaring that the Shura Council issued a decision to relieve Munir from his position and cancel all his decisions.
