Egipto acaba de celebrar unas elecciones presidenciales en un clima de represión y falta de libertades. Con tan solo dos candidatos, y con los Hermanos Musulmanes prohibidos y condenados a la cárcel o la clandestinidad, el resultado ha dado la victoria al mariscal Mohamed Al Sisi, perpetrador del golpe de Estado del pasado verano.
El ex jefe del Consejo Supremo de las Fuerzas Armadas de Egipto, el general retirado Abdelfatá Al Sisi, es ya nuevo presidente del país tras prestar juramento ante el Tribunal Supremo Constitucional de El Cairo este domingo.
"Juro por Dios guardar lealtad al régimen de la República", dijo en su proclamación Al Sisi, quien venció en las elecciones presidenciales celebradas en mayo con el 97% de los votos.
A law passed by Egypt's interim president will set the stage for parliamentary elections this year but political parties fear it will return the country to a system similar to one under ousted president Hosni Mubarak.
One of the most significant changes in the election law is a return to a system where individual candidates take the majority of seats in parliament, rather than party lists of candidates.
Of the 540 parliament members to be elected, 420 will be drawn from individual candidate lists while 120 will be from absolute closed lists.
El presidente interino de Egipto, Adli Mansur, ha aprobado este jueves varias leyes de importante calado para el país, apenas unos días antes de abandonar el cargo, que será ocupado a partir del domingo por el exjefe del Ejército Abdelfatá al Sisi, que se impuso en las elecciones celebradas la semana pasada. Al Sisi jurará su cargo como nuevo presidente de Egipto el 8 de junio.
The number of seats of Egypt's House of Representatives, or lower house of parliament, will be decreased from an originally proposed figure of 630 to 567, said Mahmoud Fawzi, spokesman of the technical committee in charge of recently amending Egypt's parliamentary election laws.
The decision comes after a cabinet meeting held by interim Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahleb on Wednesday evening in which a decrease in the number of parliamentary seats was endorsed.
The cabinet on Thursday announced that Sunday, 8 June would be a public holiday, according to state-owned MENA.
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb’s decision came “on the occasion of the completion of the second phase of the roadmap and for the constitutional oath taken by President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi”.
The statement added that university exams would not be disrupted on Sunday, and would continue on the day that Egypt’s former military chief will officially assume the presidency.
The European Union extended congratulations to former military chief Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi for his elections victory this week, saying the conclusion of elections “marks an important step in the implementation of the constitutional roadmap towards the transition to democracy in Egypt”.
The EU said it trusted that Al-Sisi would tackle “serious issues” including economic problems, “deep divisions within society”, security, and “the rest of human rights of all Egyptian citizens in line with international obligations and guaranteed by the new constitution”.
Former Egyptian military chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi was officially declared the winner of the country's presidential election on Tuesday, with election officials saying he won more than 96% of last month's vote.
His sole opponent, Hamdeen Sabahy, received 3.9% of the vote, the country's election commission said. Sabahy conceded defeat last week.
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The US and the UK have said they look forward to working with Egypt's newly elected President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, while warning the former general to take steps to guarantee freedom of expression.
The White House said it hoped to advance its strategic partnership with Cairo and the "many interests" the countries shares, in a statment published on Wednesday.
A day earlier, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said he looked forward to working with the former army chief's government to strengthen the "broad and productive" relationship between Egypt and the UK.
El exjefe del Ejército Abdel Fattá al Sisi logró una aplastante victoria en las elecciones presidenciales de Egipto de la semana pasada, con un 96,91 por ciento de los votos, según confirmó el martes la comisión electoral.
El 47 por ciento de los 54 millones de votantes en Egipto acudieron a las urnas, informó la comisión, menos de 40 millones de votos, o el 80 por ciento del electorado, al que Sisi había instado a concurrir a votar.
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has won Egypt's presidential elections by a huge majority, the country's election commission has said.
The former military chief, who last July overthrew Egypt's first democratically elected president, Mohammed Morsi, won 96.91 of legal votes cast in last week's election.
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THE RESULT |
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SISI 23,780,104 (96.91%) SABAHI 757,511 (3.09%) |
Two new laws aimed at regulating Egypt's upcoming parliamentary elections and the performance of the House of Representatives have triggered a sharp backlash from most political parties, be they old guard political parties or new revolutionary movements.
The differences over the two laws must be settled by newly-elected president Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi before 18 July as the new constitution, passed on 18 January, stipulates that preparations for Egypt's parliamentary polls must begin within six months of its ratification or before 18 July.
Whatever the numbers are that are being broadcast about voter turnout percentages in the current presidential elections, one must bear in mind that the number of people going to the polls was very modest and that a carrot and stick was used to motivate people to vote. It took quite a bit of effort to get people to the polls.
The Presidential Elections Committee (PEC) has said final results of Egypt’s recent elections will be announced at 7pm on Tuesday.
Preliminary results have indicated a landslide victory for former defence minister Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi over his Nasserist opponent, Hamdeen Sabahy. State-owned Al-Ahram’s preliminary results show that Al-Sisi won 96.71% of the vote, with Sabahy claiming just 3.286%.
Al-Sisi was hotly tipped to win the two-man race, on the back of popular support gained after he announced the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013.
La Comisión Suprema Electoral de Egipto ha rechazado los recursos presentados por el candidato presidencial izquierdista Hamdin Sabahi, quien impugnó los resultados de los comicios celebrados la pasada semana y denunció varias irregularidades.
El órgano electoral, que se reunió el domingo durante siete horas para estudiar las reclamaciones de Sabahi, concluyó que no hay pruebas suficientes, informaron hoy los medios oficiales egipcios.
