Disagreements within the Islamist Lawyers’ Front led to the resignation of Montasser Al-Zayyat, its secretary general. Al-Zayyat said that he wrote the resignation last April, but he delayed submitting it until after the date of the elections of the Bar Association was set, fearing that it might be understood as a kind of electoral deal. He explained that he resigned because of the lack of true sense of belonging among the members of the front and the lack of spiritual connections and positive understanding among them.