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Islamists take on Mubarak’s party in Egypt vote
Islamists take on Mubarak’s party in Egypt vote CAIRO - Islamists take on Egypt’s ruling party on Tuesday in legislative election run-offs, after showing their strength at the ballot box by securing places in the second round of voting for dozens of parliamentary seats.
Muslim Brotherhood candidates will compete in head-to-head contests for 42 seats on Tuesday
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Islamists take on Mubarak’s party in Egypt vote Muslim Brotherhood candidates will compete in head-to-head contests for 42 seats on Tuesday, mostly against members of President Hosni Mubarak’s National Democratic Party (NDP).
The Islamist group, one of the world’s oldest, was blocked But it underlined its status as the strongest opposition to the NDP by winning four seats outright in voting for 164 seats in parliament last week. Its candidates stand as independents to sidestep the ban on the group. None of the officially recognised, secular opposition Run-offs between the two top candidates will take place on The elections for the 444 elected seats in parliament, Deputy Brotherhood leader Mohamed Habib said that in areas Habib said he expected a repetition of violations reported "Naturally, we expect everything. The same methods, but more fierce," Habib told Reuters. But the Brotherhood’s progression to 42 run-offs showed its strength. Judicial supervision The police have been more neutral so far in this year’s The Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights (EOHR) on Tuesday handed a report to the body headed by the justice minister which oversees the elections listing violations including the mass registration of government workers to vote. Opposition and monitoring groups were blocked from observing the vote count, EOHR said. The government defends the elections against charges of But the Arab Center for Independence of the Judiciary and They are "subordinate to the government and represent it and lack the neutrality of judges of the bench," it said. An administrative court on Sunday ordered re-votes for three seats on the grounds candidates had run where they were not qualified to stand. Administrative court rulings are legally binding but the government has ignored them in the past. |
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