Opinion writers come out in support of Anan’s detention

Opinion writers came out strongly in support of former Armed Forces chief of staff Sami Anan’s detention yesterday. Al Masry Al Youm’s Mohamed Amin says the former presidential candidate must have done something significant to warrant his detention, since he had announced his candidacy in 2014 but had not faced any legal repercussions from the Supreme Council of Armed Forces at the time. Hamdy Rizk rushed to the pages of the same newspaper to explain that Anan’s grave misstep was colluding with the Ikhwan, which El Watan’s Emad El Din Adib says was bound to blow up in his face, particularly when paired with his controversial political promises. Anan’s removal from the presidential race could have also been caused by corruption allegations, which he was naive to think would not affect his bid, Emad El Din Hussein writes for Al Shorouk.