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Latest in Tag: presidential elections
Amr Moussa clarifies meeting with Brotherhood leader
Moussa states meeting with Al-Shater was on personal capacity; NSF says position towards president remains unchanged
Shafiq appeals against presidential election results
Lawyer of former presidential candidate lodges appeal against presidential election result
Revolutionary Socialist students remember Abbassiya
One year since the deadly clashes outside the Ministry of Defence has passed
NGOs assess media performance during presidential elections
ANHRI and EOHR alarmed by the violations against journalists in Egypt
Birds of a feather
Whatâs most disturbing is the sleight of hand thatâs going on
Investigation into presidential elections
Ministry of justice will look into claims of fraud
Afghan presidential vote due April 5, 2014
Karzai’s re-election in 2009 was marred by widespread allegations of fraud
US candidates take stands on Egypt
Comments come in run-up to 6 November federal election
Obama tags Romney with amnesia gag
The Obama camp’s previous bid to skewer Romney with insulting tags — such as pushing the Robin-Hood-in-reverse term “Romney Hood” to tarnish his tax policies — have done nothing to protect the president’s shrinking poll lead.
Aggressive Obama outpunches Romney in second debate
Rebounding from the ropes after a dismal showing two weeks ago that sent his poll numbers tumbling, the president was aware a second poor outing could doom him to the historical ignominy of a single term.
Chavez wins another six-year term in Venezuela
The socialist regime continues for more six years in Venezuela
Morsy to complete his presidency after new constitution
Constituent Assembly committee keeps Morsy and Shura Council, cancels vice president position
100 days of Morsy
One hundred days have passed since that afternoon when the official result of the presidential election was out. On that day, it took me 20 minutes to drive from New Cairo to Mohandseen, a trip that usually takes me 90 minutes. The streets of Cairo were as empty as a Friday early morning. After days …
Ahmed Shafiq continues to dodge questions, court cases, and a confidantâs funeral
The ex-presidential candidate has been gone for almost a month
Morsi seeks presidential powers
Recent moves by SCAF have set the field for a struggle between them and the president-elect for authority over the state
In Morsiâs camp victory
By Ahmed Aboul Enein and Rana Muhammad Taha Tears of joy flowed down the faces of tens of thousands of Egyptians in Tahrir Square as they received news of the Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsiâs victory in the countryâs first post-Mubarak presidential elections. Sombre silence loomed over everyoneâs face as Presidential Elections Committee head Judge …
Egypt braced for announcement
Ministry of Interior orders police to shoot to kill if there are attacks on Police in the fallout of the announcement
World leaders react to Morsi win
Within hours of the announcement, congratulations began pouring in from leaders around the world
Shafiq supporters ‘hysterical’ over loss
Supporters fainted, cried and attacked a tank at the announcement of Mohamed Morsiâs victory
Once a prisoner, now a president
Mohamed Morsi wins, becomes Egypt’s first civilian president
Mohamed Morsi wins
The candidate from the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party becomes the first civilian President of Egypt
The divided form a coalition
Several groups emerge in the political vacuum left by the PEC delayed results Coalitions are springing up left and right in the wake of the Presidential Elections Committeeâs postponement of the âofficialâ presidential election results, further exacerbating what many activists and politicians are calling the Supreme Council of the Armed Forcesâ âcoup.â
Shafiq campaign disputes Morsi victory
Following the end of voting on Sunday, the campaigns of both Ahmed Shafiq and Mohamed Morsi, as well as media outlets such Al Ahram Online, the OnTV channel and the Al Jazeera channel all reported varied figures on the percentage of votes attributed to each candidate. Both Al Ahram Online and Al Jazeera put Morsi …
Thousands gather to support Morsi, denounce SCAF
Parliament march turned away by security forces and returns to familiar haunt in Tahrir Square
Political chaos overshadowed elections
The Carter Centre reports that a chaotic political climate overshadowed Egyptâs elections Former US President Jimmy Carter founded the Carter Centre to oversee the effectiveness of election processes in chaotic contexts.What they found in their mission in Egypt was not only po- litical chaos but the heavy shadow of the Supreme Council ofArmed Forces over …
âParallelâ PEC declares Morsi victory
While PeC delays eleCtion results, a grouP of indePendent judges announCe their findings Judges for Egypt, a group of reform- minded and independent judges, has announced that the Muslim Broth- erhoodâs presidential candidate Mo- hamed Morsi won the elections in a press conference held at the Journal- istsâ Syndicate yesterday afternoon. The movement, which had formed …
Egypt: one step forward, two steps back
As Egypt plunges further and further into the aftermath of a contentious presidential election, unofficial ballot counts seemed to indicate that the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate, Mohamed Morsi, had claimed victory with a little less than one million votes. Upon the news, hundreds of Morsi supporters streamed into Tahrir Square to celebrate the victory, but lost in the small celebratory fervor …
Scepticism over voter turnout
Despite official accounts of moderate turnout, a picture emerges of lower than reported participation.
Amr Moussa: âWe have to give the new president the benefit of the doubtâ
Former presidential candidate Amr Moussa discusses the current political situation in Egypt.
Candidates file appeals
The Presidential Electoral Commission processing over 100 charges of violations by both presidential camps.