Reda Shehata, a supporter of Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak drinks tea as he holds his poster, outside the police academy, where Mubarak's trial will take place, in Cairo April 7, 2014. Banner (R) reads, REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court on Tuesday banned the leaders of autocratic ex-president Hosni Mubarak's party from running in any coming elections but did not list any names, drawing complaints about a lack of clarity that could blunt the move's impact.
Mubarak's National Democratic Party won all elections during his 30-year rule, mostly by rigging outcomes, marginalising any credible challengers and suppressing dissidents, but was dissolved in 2011 after the popular uprising that toppled him.
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