Morsi to announce Cabinet in days
BY EGYPT MONOCLE Cairo: Tahrir Square erupted in celebration as the head of Egypt’s Presidential Election Committee (PEC) announced the victory of the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate Mohamed Morsi. PEC chief Farouk Sultan said that Morsi won 13,230,131 votes, accounting for 51.73 percent. His rival, the last Mubarak-era prime minister and military man Ahmed Shafik raked in 12,347,380 votes, which is 48.27 percent, in an election that saw 51 percent voter turnout, with over 26 million Egyptians showing up at the polls. During the press conference, Sultan detailed some of the main appeals filed by both candidates, and explained PEC’s decisions,…
PEC reviews appeals
By DALIA RABIE Cairo: Uncertainty in Egypt reached a fever pitch as the Presidential Election Committee (PEC) postponed the announcement of the final results until Saturday or Sunday, saying it needs more time to look into the appeals filed by both candidates. Originally scheduled for Thursday, the election runoff results were delayed when the PEC received over 400 appeals which it must investigate before making a final decision on the winner. This round’s official results are especially divisive as both the Freedom and Justice Party’s Mohamed Morsi and Ahmed Shafik, Mubarak’s last prime minister, claim victory with 52 and 51…
