Egyptian Politics: The Fiction of a Multiparty System Today CHRLA issues a new report on the restrictions to multiparty democracy in Egypt In November 1976 the Arab Republic of Egypt officially changed from a single-party to a multiparty system. Since this transition, Egypt has witnessed the formation of 14 new political parties. However, despite this apparent political liberalization, the freedom of forming political parties and political societies in Egypt has been severely restricted by the legal system, both through the official laws and through the practical appli