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CAIRO (AFP) ― The campaign of Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq said on Monday it rejected a claim by the Muslim Brotherhood that its candidate Mohammed Mursi had won a historic presidential election.
“We reject it completely,” Shafiq campaign offical Mahmud Barakeh told reporters of the Brotherhood’s proclaimed victory.
“We are astonished by this bizarre behavior which amounts to a hijacking of the election results,” he added, saying Shafiq’s campaign had figures showing him leading the vote.
The Muslim Brotherhood announced Mursi’s projected victory around 3:30 a.m. local time, with votes from over 90 percent of the country’s polling stations tallied.
At a press conference shortly afterwards, Mursi’s campaign director Ahmed Abdelati confirmed the projected victory, saying he had garnered 52.5 percent of the vote to 47.5 percent for Shafiq, a former prime minister under the ousted regime of president Hosni Mubarak.
“Its a moment that all the Egyptian people have waited for,” he said.
“We reject it completely,” Shafiq campaign offical Mahmud Barakeh told reporters of the Brotherhood’s proclaimed victory.
“We are astonished by this bizarre behavior which amounts to a hijacking of the election results,” he added, saying Shafiq’s campaign had figures showing him leading the vote.
The Muslim Brotherhood announced Mursi’s projected victory around 3:30 a.m. local time, with votes from over 90 percent of the country’s polling stations tallied.
At a press conference shortly afterwards, Mursi’s campaign director Ahmed Abdelati confirmed the projected victory, saying he had garnered 52.5 percent of the vote to 47.5 percent for Shafiq, a former prime minister under the ousted regime of president Hosni Mubarak.
“Its a moment that all the Egyptian people have waited for,” he said.
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Articles by Korea Herald
