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Post by mboy on May 24, 2012 20:56:43 GMT
No thread for Egypt yet? Post here any details of this week's historic vote.
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Post by Richard Allen on May 26, 2012 12:24:01 GMT
No official results until Tuesday but if media reports are true the Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi topped the poll while former PM Ahmed Shafiq was a close second. These two will advance to a run off in mid June.
This result is essentially the final defeat for the liberal revolutionaries who toppled Mubarak.
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Post by The Bishop on May 26, 2012 14:42:55 GMT
Lost a battle, but not the war. Maybe....... It is an interesting question, though, where places like Tunisia and Egypt will turn if they become disillusioned with Islamists. Always assuming that their current rulers don't adopt the Hamas maxim of "one man, one vote, one time" of course  |
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Post by iainbhx on May 26, 2012 15:34:43 GMT
Lost a battle, but not the war. Maybe....... It is an interesting question, though, where places like Tunisia and Egypt will turn if they become disillusioned with Islamists. Always assuming that their current rulers don't adopt the Hamas maxim of "one man, one vote, one time" of course And move onto the Stalin version, "one man, one vote, I'm the man" |
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Post by The Bishop on May 26, 2012 16:23:59 GMT
Thought Stalin's was the one about counting the votes??
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Post by iainbhx on May 26, 2012 16:55:11 GMT
Thought Stalin's was the one about counting the votes?? That's the Stalin quote which actually has a reasonable source to it. ;D |
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Post by Richard Allen on Jun 14, 2012 15:11:32 GMT
Utter chaos looms in Egypt.
The Supreme Court has ordered that the lower house of parliament be dissolved as the election of 1/3rd of the seats by FPTP was unconstitutional. Presidential run off in a few days but the President's powers have not yet been defined by Parliament.
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Post by markgoodair on Jun 14, 2012 15:38:05 GMT
Utter chaos looms in Egypt. The Supreme Court has ordered that the lower house of parliament be dissolved as the election of 1/3rd of the seats by FPTP was unconstitutional. Presidential run off in a few days but the President's powers have not yet been defined by Parliament. I though that the Parliament was elected to draw up a new constitution. |
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Post by Richard Allen on Jun 14, 2012 15:59:01 GMT
Utter chaos looms in Egypt. The Supreme Court has ordered that the lower house of parliament be dissolved as the election of 1/3rd of the seats by FPTP was unconstitutional. Presidential run off in a few days but the President's powers have not yet been defined by Parliament. I though that the Parliament was elected to draw up a new constitution. Indeed it was. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2012 17:00:55 GMT
good to see a constitutional coup
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Post by The Bishop on Jun 17, 2012 23:24:49 GMT
Looking like turnout could be well down.......
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Post by Richard Allen on Jun 17, 2012 23:32:24 GMT
Looking like turnout could be well down....... With the recent court ruling and the lack of a "liberal" candidate in the run off that is hardly surprising. |
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Post by The Bishop on Jun 18, 2012 11:08:26 GMT
Looking rather like Morsi has won.
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Post by Richard Allen on Jun 22, 2012 14:04:52 GMT
It is rumoured that Ahmed Shafiq will be announced as the winner.
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Jun 22, 2012 14:06:58 GMT
Good news
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Post by No Offence Alan on Jun 22, 2012 14:48:49 GMT
It is rumoured that Ahmed Shafiq will be announced as the winner. But did he get the most votes? |
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Post by The Bishop on Jun 22, 2012 15:17:14 GMT
Heh, I was too polite to say that  |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jun 24, 2012 14:30:55 GMT
Egyptian result:
Total votes 26,420,763
Rejected votes 843,252
Valid votes 25,577,511
Shafi 12,347,380 (48.27%)
Morsi 13,230,131 (51.73%)
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Post by The Bishop on Jun 24, 2012 15:05:06 GMT
Hmmm, so it would appear those wanting to rig the election lost the argument.......
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Post by Andrew_S on Jun 24, 2012 16:22:23 GMT
Bad news for Assad. I hope the new Egyptian president focuses on Syria rather than Israel.
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