Hope dies
last – it’s a nice saying. The first shock about the election results has
settled down a bit (at least with me).
However,
not yet among the Egyptians. But the situation does not look as completely black
as it did 48 hours ago. Egypt is always good for any kind of surprises, and so it
will be in this deadlock situation. Why?
I never
expected the presidential elections to be honest and correct. But now there is
a concentrated charge of accusations and indictments regarding vote rigging
that is astonishing. For example, about eight (others say five) millions of
more voters are listed compared to the parliamentary elections in November
2011. Egypt seems to have suffered (or enjoyed?) from a tremendous population explosion
between November 2011 and May 2012! Then, results are going round that show
that Ahmed Shafiq received 900’000 votes less than Hamdeen Sabbahi –
this would place Sabbahi as second. Furthermore, ballot cards have again been
found on the street. And ballot boxes have been discovered that had already contained
ballot cards for Mohamed Mursi before the official start of the elections.
The losing
candidates Hamdeen Sabbahi and Amr Moussa have filed an application to suspend
the elections because of alleged vote rigging and irregularities, and until it
has been settled if Ahmed Shafiq is eligible at all. This is not definitely
clear yet. In addition, an application for corruption and profiteering is on
the way against Ahmed Shafiq.
A member of
the parliament demanded Mohamed Mursi to step back as a presidential candidate
in order to save the revolution and to let Hamdeen Sabbahi pass to the run-offs.
This is an exciting idea but the Muslim brothers would never act as honourable
as that – their greed for power is their agenda.
These are
just a few examples about what has happened since the first results appeared.
The lawfulness of the election results can be challenged until tonight. By every
news line coming in, I’m getting more and more confident that there will be a
surprising way out of this deadlock. The situation remains exciting… and very
hot.
Update:
The election commission has decided that Ahmed Shafiq and Mohamed Mursi will stand in the run-offs in Mid-June.
The election commission has decided that Ahmed Shafiq and Mohamed Mursi will stand in the run-offs in Mid-June.
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