"... The comments by Alieddin Hilal of the National Democratic Party do not constitute the final word on Mubarak's plans. But Hilal is the latest of several top party figures to indicate Mubarak intends to run. "The candidate of the party, come next August or September, will be President Hosni Mubarak," he said, according to excerpts of the interview released by Alhurra on Thursday.... Many Egyptian political commentators have pointed to a possible split within the party leadership over Gamal Mubarak's ambitions with his supporters, mostly wealthy businessmen hoping to benefit even more if he becomes president,....... But Gihad Auda, a senior ruling party official, denied any feuding over the succession question, saying that a "growing consensus" has emerged within the party that the elder Mubarak should be its 2011 candidate...."
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