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Is Egypt's former ruling party making a comeback?

Following Egypt's January 25 Revolution, the ruling National Democratic Party was dissolved, yet prominent faces from the party are making a comeback in parliament.
The burned headquarters of former President Hosni Mubarak's National Democratic Party (NDP) is seen between campaign election billboards of presidential candidates, former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq (L), and Mohamed Mursi, the head of the Muslim Brotherhood's political party, in downtown Cairo May 28, 2012. The Brotherhood did what it does better than any other group in Egypt: mobilised a nationwide network to get out the vote, catapulting Mursi into the second round on June 16 and 17 against Shafiq, Hosni
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CAIRO — One of the main factors that sparked Egypt’s January 25 Revolution more than five years ago was the rigging of the 2010 parliamentary elections in favor of then-President Hosni Mubarak’s ruling National Democratic Party (NDP). Though the NDP was dissolved in April 2011, its former members still seek a major role in Egyptian politics, especially in parliament.

On April 23, the House of Representatives finished electing 25 committee heads, 11 of whom are former members or affiliates of the NDP.

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