Egyptian court outlaws Mubarak's party

CAIRO, April 16 (UPI) -- An Egyptian court Saturday ordered the old regime's National Democratic Party disbanded and its assets confiscated.

Al-Masry al-Youm reported the court found ousted President Hosni Mubarak's party violated its proclaimed principles, fostered corruption and undermined constitutional freedoms.

NDP members are free to form new parties, however, and a "New National Democratic Party" has been established, led by Talaat al-Sadat, nephew of assassinated President Anwar al-Sadat.

Founded by Sadat in 1978, the NDP dominated Parliament through rigged elections and controlled all state institutions.

The party's dissolution has been high on the revolutionaries' agenda, and many of its offices were sacked during the uprising, the BBC noted.

Mubarak, who resigned Feb. 11, is being held in a military hospital before facing corruption charges, and his sons, Gamal and Alaa, are in prison.

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