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Soror: the MB is the Most Effective Power

Ikhwan online
 

Ahmed Fathay Soror, the president of the Egyptian Parliament, said that the Moslem Brotherhood is the most organized and effective political power. Their success in the parliamentary election is reasonable.

Soror indicated that the Moslem Brotherhood contests strongly for the election. He a..

Egypt Home Site
 
The candidate of the National Democratic Party in  el-Tebeen district, of Giza governorate, who will vie for run-off election against the Moslem Brotherhood nominee, Ali Fattah el-Bab, is from el-Mansora governorate. He groups about 2000 of the residents of his village to vote for him in the reelection, due to be held on Nov.15th. In other words, they will vote..

History Of Egypt Elections

Mideast democracy summit ends in disagreement over declaration

ANNE GEARAN

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) - A Mideast democracy and development summit ended in rancour Saturday over the wording of a draft declaration on democratic and economic principles.

The conference did adopt two initiatives that are part of U.S. President George W. Bush’s push to expand political freedo..

Complaints to the Ministers of Justice and Interior

Ikhwan online

Bader el-Dean, the Moslem Brotherhood nominee in Ashmon district, of el-Monofyia governorate, who will run of reelection on Nov.15th, made urgent complaints to the Egyptian minister of justice, to the interior minister, the general manger of the State Security, the head of the Supreme Electoral Supervisory Commiss..

Test of fairness, Slama A Salama 
      "NDP is fielding as candidates officials who have been tainted by serious
charges. ... viciory for the Old Guard ... and,
    against all expectations, the NDP has failed  to field adequate numbers
of women or Copts."

As political parties name the candidates selected to contest the ..

Court rejects three Egypt poll results, agrees to hear appeal in two other seats

A court has rejected the results in three constituencies that voted in the first round of Egypt’s legislative elections and agreed to hear appeals in two other seats, judicial officials said Sunday.

The Nov. 9 results in the electoral districts of Waily, Boulak el-Dakrour and Manshiat al-Qanater we..

Journalists harassed in run-up to second round of legislative elections

Reporters Without Borders strongly condemned the use of violence to intimidate journalists since the opening of the first round of Egyptian legislative elections on 8 November 2005.

The worldwide press freedom organisation called on the Egyptian authorities to carry out thorough and serious investigations af..

Youth Seen as ’Heart’ of Democracy Movement in Egypt
By Challiss McDonough
The youth population is growing rapidly across the Middle East, and, in many countries, it is a force for change. Huge crowds of mostly young people have taken to the streets in Egypt over the last year, demanding democracy. In a country where half of the population is under the age of 24, the demands of youth ar..

Egyptians return to polls in run-offsPublished

Doha Time
 
CAIRO: Egyptians prepared to vote in run-offs yesterday after the first round of parliamentary elections saw Hosni Mubarak’s ruling party confirm its grip on power and the Muslim Brotherhood gain political momentum.

In the first round of the three electoral phases which was held on November 9, heavyweights fr..

42MB Candidates are to Stand for Run-off Vote

According to the official election commissions of the parliamentary election, held on nov.9th, the results, in the six governorates, in which the Moslem Brotherhood has nominees, are as following:

1-     Cairo:

In el-Sahal district, Dr, Hazem Faroq, the Moslem Brotherhood nominee, and Al..

The Muslim Brotherhood Leading in the Election…Will the Ruling System Give up?

42 Muslim Brotherhood candidates will stand for run-off election, though the results of 30 of th..

European Parliament reports violations in parliamentary race

 Several violations were observed during the first phase of Egypt’s parliamentary elections, the vice president of the European Union Parliament, Edward McMillan-Scott, said.

A four-member delegation from the EU parliament arrived in Egypt on Wednesday to observe the first of three phases of local parliamenta..

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..

El-Farmoy Takes Legal Action to Vote Recount

By Yassen Abdel Maqsoud

Dr. Abdel Hay el-Farmoy, the candidate of the Moslem Brotherhood in Hadiq el-Quba district, of Cairo, takes legal proceedings, before the Administrative Court, to call into question ballot-rigging. He demands a vote recount.

El-Farmoy stated to Ikhwan online that the vote count of the su..

Fears of Bloody Run-off Elections

Egypt home site

Warnings are issued about possible bloody reelection of the first phase of the Egyptian parliamentary election if the government and its ruling party persist to exert influence to change the election outcome for the favor of the candidates of the National Democratic Party.

Fears of furious confrontations ar..

Egyptian Election…the MB is Leading Other Parties

Islam online,
By Muhammad Arafa

The outcome of the first phase of the Egyptian parliamentary election aroused many critical points:

1-     The National Democratic Party is divided, not only among old and young members but also because of its relinquished members. Meanwhile, the Moslem Brotherhood co..

Egypt walks out of Group of Eight gathering in Bahrain

, Bahrain (AP) -- A U.S.-backed summit meant to promote political freedom and economic change in the Middle East ended Saturday without agreement, a blow to U.S. President George W. Bush’s goals for the troubled region.

A draft declaration on democratic and economic principle was shelved after Egypt insisted on language that..

In a fix

Rory McCarthy finds a glaring gap between reform promises and voting practices in Egypt’s parliamentary elections

Egyptians pass election banners in downtown Cairo. Photograph: Khaled el Fiqi/EPA
 

Egypt’s month-long parliamentary elections have only just begun and several more days of voting lie ahead, but already there is one clear loser. Aym..

Mubarak’s party ousts rival leader in Egypt vote By Tom Perry

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s National Democratic Party (NDP) ousted opposition leader Ayman Nour from parliament and took a strong early lead in legislative elections, according to first results announced on Thursday.

The election commission said Nour, leader of the liberal Ghad (Tomorrow) Party and Mubarak’s ma..