Contrary to his campaign promises during his run for a fifth term as President, Mubarak has requested (and his rubber-stamp parliament has granted) a two-year extension of the Emergency Law by which Egypt has been ruled throughout his presidency.
En contra de las promesas que hizo durante su campaña por un quinto período como presidente, Mubarak ha solicitado (y su obediente parlamento le ha otorgado) una prórroga de dos años de la Ley de Emergencia bajo la cual Egipto ha sido gobernado durante toda su presidencia.