Thursday
Dec022010
Egypt Latest: "Elections Marred by Rigging & Violence"
Thursday, December 2, 2010 at 11:23 | Scott Lucas in EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran 
UPDATE 1450 GMT: Jack Shenker in The Guardian of London: "[This election] was about sending a message that – whichever elements from within the existing autocracy triumph in the internecine battles to come – the transition from one pharaoh to another will take place wholly within that autocracy, with all other voices excluded."
UPDATE 1445 GMT: The Wafd Party has officially pulled out of the second round of voting.
tagged Ahmed Sameeh, Andalus, Centre for Trade Union and Workers' Services, Egypt Elections 2010, Egyptian Alliance for Monitoring the Elections 2010, Egyptian Centre for Women’s Rights, Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights, Gamal Mubarak, Hafez Abu Saada, Kamal Abbas, National Democratic Party, Nehad Abu Kommsan
Ahmed Sameeh, Andalus, Centre for Trade Union and Workers' Services, Egypt Elections 2010, Egyptian Alliance for Monitoring the Elections 2010, Egyptian Centre for Women’s Rights, Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights, Gamal Mubarak, Hafez Abu Saada, Kamal Abbas, National Democratic Party, Nehad Abu Kommsan