Contrary to his campaign promises during his run for a fifth term as President, Mubarak has requested (and his rubber-stamp parliament has granted) a two-year extension of the Emergency Law by which Egypt has been ruled throughout his presidency.
V rozporu se sliby složenými během své kandidatury na páté volební období ve funkci prezidenta Mubarak požádal o dvouleté prodloužení tzv. Krizového zákona (a jeho loutkový parlament je schválil), v jehož rámci vládne v Egyptě jeho prezidentský úřad.