Depois do incêndio que destruiu o prédio do Parlamento Egípcio [En], as reações das pessoas foram de completo choque, passando pela tristeza, até a exultação. O blogueiro Wael Nawara conduziu uma pesquisa independente [En], pedindo a blogueiros, leitores e usuários egípcios da internet para que respondessem à seguinte pergunta: Será que o Parlamento do Egito realmente representa seu povo?
Os resultados da pesquisa [En] foram anunciados hoje em seu blogue:
Out of 156 participants,
89% voted that the Egyptian Parliament does not truly represent Egyptians (139 votes)
8% said that the parliament represents the people sometimes (14 votes)
1.3% said that the parliament represents Egyptians most of the time (2 votes)
Nawara também anunciou que a precisão dos resultados deve ser questionada por conta dos seguintes motivos:
1) A big segment of the Egyptian populations does not use the internet
2) The poll was mainly promoted in opposition circles
3) The sample is small (156 voter)
4) Some people could have voted twice using a different PC
Mas no fim, Nawara conclui:
I believe that this small segment is representative of the opinion of the whole Egyptian population; for example those who took part in the People's Assembly elections in 2005 did not exceed 23% of the voters. 77% of the voters chose NOT to vote. And out of the 23% who did vote, surely some of them were dissatisfied with the results of the elections or the performance of the elected parliament for their own various reasons; thus, it is not too far fetched to see that actually 89% of Egyptians – as per the above mentioned poll – do not think that the parliament represents them and this might explain the diversity of reactions the fire evoked.