Egyptians have begun voting in the second round of parliamentary elections, following a first round that was dominated by Islamist parties. Polls opened in nine areas Wednesday, including Aswan, Beni Suef, Giza, Ismailia, Suez and Sohag. Voting will continue Thursday for the seats in the 498-member lower house of parliament. A third round of elections […]
Egyptians Vote in New Round of Parliamentary Elections
Posted December 14th, 2011 at 3:30 am (UTC-5)
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Egypt’s Islamists Claim Victory in Election Runoffs
Posted December 7th, 2011 at 7:25 pm (UTC-5)
Egypt’s largest Islamist party claimed victory Wednesday after electoral officials said it won a majority of runoff contests in the first round of parliamentary elections. The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice party said 24 of 44 winners announced by the election officials were its candidates, while another four were from its allies. The Brotherhood’s party […]
Egyptian PM Receives Some Presidential Powers
Posted December 7th, 2011 at 11:35 am (UTC-5)
Egypt’s ruling military council has given some presidential powers to interim Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri. The official news agency MENA reported Wednesday the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces will maintain control of the army and judiciary as it hands over more power to Mr. Ganzouri. Egypt’s military rulers said Tuesday they would amend the […]
Egyptian PM Receives Some Presidential Powers
Posted December 7th, 2011 at 10:20 am (UTC-5)
Egypt’s ruling military council has given some presidential powers to interim Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri. The official news agency MENA reported Wednesday the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces will maintain control of the army and judiciary as it hands over more power to Mr. Ganzouri. Egypt’s military rulers said Tuesday they would amend the […]
Egypt’s Brotherhood Claims Victory in 2/3 of Individual Seat Elections
Posted December 7th, 2011 at 6:20 am (UTC-5)
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood says its political party has won almost two-thirds of the parliamentary seats reserved for individual candidates in the opening rounds of the country’s lower house elections. In a statement Wednesday, the Islamist group’s Freedom and Justice party says it won 36 of the 56 individual seats that were contested in nine provinces, […]
Egyptian Cabinet to Include New Finance Minister, Many Incumbents
Posted December 7th, 2011 at 3:10 am (UTC-5)
Egypt’s interim prime minister says he will unveil a Cabinet on Wednesday featuring a new finance minister and about a dozen incumbent ministers who will be tasked with governing the country until the end of phased parliamentary elections in March. In a news conference Tuesday, Kamal el-Ganzouri said his new finance minister will be Mumtaz […]
Muslim Brotherhood Leader Promises Compromise
Posted December 6th, 2011 at 5:15 pm (UTC-5)
The leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood is promising to work together with the ruling military council if his party wins Egypt’s parliamentary elections. Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie made his comments on the private Al-Mehwar television station on Tuesday as Egypt held a second day of runoff elections for the national parliament. As his party […]
Rivalries Among Egypt’s Islamists Intensify in Runoff Vote
Posted December 6th, 2011 at 9:30 am (UTC-5)
Egypt is holding a second day of runoff elections for the national parliament, with rival Islamist parties engaging in increasingly heated competition for votes in the country’s two largest cities and seven other provinces. Voting for the 52 individual seats in Cairo, Alexandria and the other provinces began Monday and was due to end Tuesday. […]
Runoff Elections Intensify Rivalry Between Egypt’s Islamist Parties
Posted December 6th, 2011 at 8:10 am (UTC-5)
Egypt is holding a second day of runoff elections for the national parliament, with rival Islamist parties engaging in increasingly heated competition for votes in the country’s two largest cities and seven other provinces. Voting for the 52 individual seats in Cairo, Alexandria and the other provinces began Monday and was due to end Tuesday. […]
Runoff Elections Intensify Rivalry Between Egypt’s Islamist Parties
Posted December 6th, 2011 at 3:55 am (UTC-5)
Egypt is holding a second day of runoff elections for the national parliament, with rival Islamist parties engaging in increasingly heated competition for votes in the country’s two largest cities and seven other provinces. Voting in the runoffs for 52 individual seats in Cairo, Alexandria and the other provinces began Monday and was due to […]
