Egypt Youth Group Enters Morsi in Competition to Go to Moon

Mohamed Morsi, Islamist president of the moon?

That’s what the April 6 youth activist group, which ranks among the Egyptian leader’s fiercest critics, is hoping. The group said it had signed Morsi up to the AXE Apollo Space Academy’s website, giving the U.S.-trained engineer a chance to win a trip to space.

“Certainly, there’s no one in the universe who would put up with the lies that are evident and the broken promises other than the dear youths of the moon,” the group said on its Facebook page, while calling on its supporters to cast their votes for Morsi.

April 6, along with secular parties and other youth activist movements, contends Morsi has steamrolled over rights, focusing on cementing the Muslim Brotherhood’s strength in government at the expense of broader national interests and reviving the economy.

There was no immediate response from Morsi’s office to an e-mail seeking comment.

Bloomberg