{"id":651609,"date":"2017-02-16T04:17:55","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T04:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/02\/16\/sawiris-faces-scrutiny-from-free-egyptians-party\/"},"modified":"2017-02-16T04:17:55","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T04:17:55","slug":"sawiris-faces-scrutiny-from-free-egyptians-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/02\/16\/sawiris-faces-scrutiny-from-free-egyptians-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Sawiris faces \u201cscrutiny\u201d from Free Egyptians Party"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is Naguib in trouble with the Free Egyptians Party? <\/strong>Naguib Sawiris is facing \u201cscrutiny\u201d<\/a> from the Free Egyptians Party\u2019s disciplinary committee for calling an unsanctioned press conference to announce his return to politics. He\u2019s also in hot water for allegedly criticizing the party (of which he was a very high profile founder) in public. Anyone else feeling echoes of Al Wafd pre-2011 (or wondering why a party would call an investigation into a member exercising his right to free speech)?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is Naguib in trouble with the Free Egyptians Party? Naguib Sawiris is facing \u201cscrutiny\u201d from the Free Egyptians Party\u2019s disciplinary committee for calling an unsanctioned press conference to announce his return to politics. He\u2019s also in hot water for allegedly criticizing the party (of which he was a very high profile founder) in public. 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