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The nation must choose between security, stability, and economic growth on one hand, and democracy and freedoms on the other hand<\/strong>, Ziyad Bahaa El Din writes for Al Shorouk<\/a>. He argues that voting for President Abdel Fattah El Sisi in the upcoming March election means approving the continuation of the current restrictions on political action and independent media, as this would be the price to pay in exchange for the country\u2019s stability. In the same publication<\/a>, Talaat Ismail says it is time to prioritize freedom over economic achievements<\/strong>, arguing that there should not be conflict between the two.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The nation must choose between security, stability, and economic growth on one hand, and democracy and freedoms on the other hand, Ziyad Bahaa El Din writes for Al Shorouk. He argues that voting for President Abdel Fattah El Sisi in the upcoming March election means approving the continuation of the current restrictions on political action […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9411],"tags":[72,9410],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-632813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-deadline","tag-enterpriseam","tag-on-deadline","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"9e01fe6d-0be9-4b00-9640-5bef1334ad28","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[632788],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nThe choice between stability and freedom - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/02\/20\/the-choice-between-stability-and-freedom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The choice between stability and freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The nation must choose between security, stability, and economic growth on one hand, and democracy and freedoms on the other hand, Ziyad Bahaa El Din writes for Al Shorouk. 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