Independent and opposition press have concurred that the NDP's measure was intended for only Jamal Husni Mubarak to succeed his father. In a commentary in the independent daily Al-Misri al-Yawm on 28 July, Khalid Salah wondered "who, among the NDP's leaders, is brave enough to challenge the president or stand as a candidate to succeed him?" Salah asked: "Who should be the candidate?" His answer was "Jamal". In a commentary in the English-language Al-Ahram Weekly on 2 August, Salamah Ahmad Salamah viewed it as "unclear" whether the current process in the NDP "will end its monopoly on leadership or just pave the way for Jamal Mubarak to become the NDP leader". He expected that "the next few months will furnish the answer". Al-Ahram Weekly on 2 August quoted Muhammad al-Sayyid Sa'id, a political analyst with the Al-Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies (ACPSS), as speculating "which member of the NDP, other than Jamal Mubarak, would feel in a position to run for the post of chairman?" "There appears to be an obvious intention for the ninth congress to rid the NDP of the remaining old guard, presenting a false picture of reform, and to clear the way for Jamal Mubarak and his businessmen supporters in reference to some government ministers with business background to occupy the party's most senior positions," Sa'id argued.