The British “Sky News” network reported, on Monday, that a former Egyptian minister who worked during the era of the late President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak donated millions of pounds to the ruling Conservative Party in Britain.
The network added that former Egyptian minister Mohamed Mansour donated 5 million pounds ($6.2 million) to the ruling Conservative Party, as a contribution to financing the party’s campaign in the upcoming elections.
Muhammad Mansour was Minister of Transport in Egypt before the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak’s rule in 2011.
And in December last year, Mansour became treasurer of the British Conservative Party.
Mansour did not deny his donation, and wrote to the newspaper that the donation came out of his confidence in the Prime Minister and party leader Rishi Sunak.
He added: “I think this country has a very capable prime minister. He knows how to create growth in the modern economy. He knows the importance of technology and innovation. He can make the modern economy work for all Britons.”
He added, “I want to give him (Sunak) the best opportunity to assume a full term of office for 5 years, so I donated him 5 million pounds to the party’s election fund.”
It is the largest donation the Conservative Party has received in 20 years.
Mansour was Minister of Transport in Egypt between 2006-2009, and he runs a conglomerate of companies founded by his father decades ago, employing about 60,000 people.
2023-05-22 18:54:13
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