That may still happen, although many Egyptians believe that Gamal Mubarak's chances are waning.
Thus a would-be-leader, such as Gamal Mubarak, gladly seizes on the issue to polish his nationalist credentials.
Gamal Mubarak is widely seen as a symbol of nepotism and privilege.
One reason is that Gamal Mubarak is not a military man.
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The influential Gamal Mubarak still holds no official position in the government and authorities have dismissed speculation that he is being groomed to succeed his 76-year-old father.
Hisham Kassem, the former publisher of the Cairo daily Al Masri Al Youm, told me that, in late 2004, he attended a speech that Gamal Mubarak gave at the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs.
While Gamal Mubarak, the politician son, has never been popular among Egyptians, who believed his father wanted to hand him the reins of power, popular opinion has only recently turned against his businessman brother, Alaa.
Gamal and Alaa Mubarak have been imprisoned since spring 2011.
Mr Mubarak's sons, Gamal and Alaa, are also being retried on corruption charges for which they were acquitted in June 2012, because of the expiry of a statute of limitations.
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Mr Mubarak's sons, Gamal and Alaa, will be retried on corruption charges for which they were acquitted in June, because of the expiry of a statute of limitations.
Mr Mubarak and his two sons, Gamal and Alaa, will also be re-tried for corruption charges, of which they were found not guilty the first time round.
During the court proceeding, Mr. Mubarak and his two sons, Alaa and Gamal, were acquitted of corruption charges related to the controversial purchase of seaside villas on Egypt's Red Sea Coast.
They mean the senior Mubarak, despite the fact that his younger son, Gamal, has played a remarkably prominent role in the ruling NDP for the past decade and often appears at his father's side.
" El Gamal, the Cairo student, said she believes the latest accounts about Mubarak's health were staged to evoke "sympathy from the street.
Mr. Mubarak and his co-defendants, including his two sons Alaa and Gamal, said nothing except to announce their presence to Mr. Rifaat.
"Mubarak's not any different than anyone else, " said Massa el Gamal, 18.
Mr Mubarak will also face charges of financial corruption alongside his two sons, Alaa and Gamal.
Mr Mubarak may be trying to avert just such a threat by grooming his modern-minded son, Gamal, as his successor.
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