Wasat Party leader Yahya Abu Hassan has launched a scathing attack on a new cultural office, to be opened in the South Sudanese capital of Juba at the request of Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Kandil. Abu Hassan said the move was “illegal,” because the decision had not yet been ratified by the Shura Council. "What Kandil has done is tantamount to political stupidity, proving his lack of basic management skills,” Abu Hassan said, in a post on his Facebook profile.