Results of the recently concluded presidential election in Egypt has been released by the electoral committee.
It showed messrs. Shafiq and Morsi running neck-to-neck. While Shafiq scored 25%, Morsi got 24%. The other candidates took the rear.
The result showed that Shafiq and Morsi were the two most qualified contenders for the presidential run-off election, billed to hold on June 16, 2012, the sources confirmed.
What appeared to have stirred the hornet’s nest in the revolutionaries, was the anticipated run-off election between Ahmed Shafiq, 70, Mubarak’s last prime minister, who is regarded as a secularist and Mohammed Morsi, an Islamist of the Muslim brotherhood.
The revolutionaries of Tahrir square were not ready to thrust the future of Egypt to the hands of the remnant of Mubarak’s regime.
They were angry that Shafiq made it to the run off level. This scenario sparked off the rage that snow-balled into protests rallies in Cairo and culminated in the burning of the campaign Headquarters of Ahmed Shafiq.
The protest, it was learnt, spread to Egypt’s second largest city, Alexandra.
The demonstrators warned of the consequences that will befall Egypt, if Shafiq won in the anticipated run-off election.
Meanwhile, the demonstration across Egypt remained unabated, putting the preparation for the run off, on a shaky start. Some of the protesters interviewed, argued that Egyptians from all walks of life were protesting against the return of former regime’s remnant. They warned that two choices await Egyptians, either to condone remnants of the old regime or have a new leadership in Egypt, emerging from the revolutionaries.
Speaking in a world press conference to appraise happenings in the Middle East, lrainan spokesman dubbed Egyptian first free presidential election result as successful for the nation.
Meanwhile, Egypt’s election committee has dismissed the call from some quarters to cancel or take a second look at the just concluded presidential election that produced the run-off candidates, saying that the elections were in order.###
By Azuka Dibie
