A Muslim Brotherhood leader on March 22 said that his movement is seeking to reach a “Tunisia-styled” political reconciliation to resolve Egypt’s lingering political crisis. “The Brotherhood seeks to reach political agreement like the one reached by [Tunisia’s Ennahda movement] leader Rachid al-Ghannouchi,” Gamal Heshmat, a member of the Brotherhood’s Shura council, was reported as saying. “We will extend our hands to every decent revolutionary who takes sides with democracy and freedoms,” he added.
Heshamt said the Muslim Brotherhood will “announce a major political move” in April. He said the Muslim Brotherhood is ready to “make concessions in order to close the ranks of the Egyptians and put the democratic process on track”. He added that the movement would seek to start dialogue with other political forces within the framework of what he called “participatory democracy” on next elections.