مستر محمد سلام
31-05-2014, 11:55 PM
EU says Egypt vote lawful but lacked 'stakeholders' (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/eu-says-egypt-vote-lawful-lacked-stakeholders-155458283.html)
A European Union team that observed Egypt's presidential election said Thursday the vote was conducted "in line with the law," although it regretted the lack of participation of some "stakeholders". (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/eu-says-egypt-vote-lawful-lacked-stakeholders-155458283.html)
Preliminary results from the three-day election that ended on Wednesday gave 96 percent of votes to Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the ex-army chief who toppled Islamist president Mohamed Morsi last year. (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/eu-says-egypt-vote-lawful-lacked-stakeholders-155458283.html)
Sisi's opponents say that since he deposed Morsi, Egypt has returned to autocratic rule, with more than 1,400 killed in street clashes and at least 15,000 jailed in a *****down on the Islamist's supporters. (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/eu-says-egypt-vote-lawful-lacked-stakeholders-155458283.html)
Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood, blacklisted by the military-installed authorities as a "terrorist" organisation, had called for a boycott of the election. (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/eu-says-egypt-vote-lawful-lacked-stakeholders-155458283.html)
"The presidential election was administrated in line with the law, in an environment falling short of constitution principles," the EU observer mission's chief, Mario David, told a Cairo news conference. (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/eu-says-egypt-vote-lawful-lacked-stakeholders-155458283.html)
"Freedoms of association, assembly and expression are areas of concern, including in the context of this election," said David. (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/eu-says-egypt-vote-lawful-lacked-stakeholders-155458283.html)
The European Union mission said the election was held in a "peaceful and calm manner" with "only minor procedural problems and a limited number of violations". (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/eu-says-egypt-vote-lawful-lacked-stakeholders-155458283.html)
"Opposition to the roadmap or to the environment in which it is implemented has resulted in the non-participation of some stakeholders," it said in a likely reference to the banned Brotherhood and youth dissident groups. (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/eu-says-egypt-vote-lawful-lacked-stakeholders-155458283.html)
"This undermined universal participation in the election," said a statement. (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/eu-says-egypt-vote-lawful-lacked-stakeholders-155458283.html)
Prominent activists behind the uprising which ousted strongman Hosni Mubarak in 2011 had also called for a boycott, charging that Sisi is an autocrat in the making. (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/eu-says-egypt-vote-lawful-lacked-stakeholders-155458283.html)
Dozens of young activists have been jailed for violating a law banning all but police-authorised protests. (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/eu-says-egypt-vote-lawful-lacked-stakeholders-155458283.html)
(https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/eu-says-egypt-vote-lawful-lacked-stakeholders-155458283.html)
A European Union team that observed Egypt's presidential election said Thursday the vote was conducted "in line with the law," although it regretted the lack of participation of some "stakeholders". (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/eu-says-egypt-vote-lawful-lacked-stakeholders-155458283.html)
Preliminary results from the three-day election that ended on Wednesday gave 96 percent of votes to Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the ex-army chief who toppled Islamist president Mohamed Morsi last year. (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/eu-says-egypt-vote-lawful-lacked-stakeholders-155458283.html)
Sisi's opponents say that since he deposed Morsi, Egypt has returned to autocratic rule, with more than 1,400 killed in street clashes and at least 15,000 jailed in a *****down on the Islamist's supporters. (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/eu-says-egypt-vote-lawful-lacked-stakeholders-155458283.html)
Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood, blacklisted by the military-installed authorities as a "terrorist" organisation, had called for a boycott of the election. (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/eu-says-egypt-vote-lawful-lacked-stakeholders-155458283.html)
"The presidential election was administrated in line with the law, in an environment falling short of constitution principles," the EU observer mission's chief, Mario David, told a Cairo news conference. (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/eu-says-egypt-vote-lawful-lacked-stakeholders-155458283.html)
"Freedoms of association, assembly and expression are areas of concern, including in the context of this election," said David. (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/eu-says-egypt-vote-lawful-lacked-stakeholders-155458283.html)
The European Union mission said the election was held in a "peaceful and calm manner" with "only minor procedural problems and a limited number of violations". (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/eu-says-egypt-vote-lawful-lacked-stakeholders-155458283.html)
"Opposition to the roadmap or to the environment in which it is implemented has resulted in the non-participation of some stakeholders," it said in a likely reference to the banned Brotherhood and youth dissident groups. (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/eu-says-egypt-vote-lawful-lacked-stakeholders-155458283.html)
"This undermined universal participation in the election," said a statement. (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/eu-says-egypt-vote-lawful-lacked-stakeholders-155458283.html)
Prominent activists behind the uprising which ousted strongman Hosni Mubarak in 2011 had also called for a boycott, charging that Sisi is an autocrat in the making. (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/eu-says-egypt-vote-lawful-lacked-stakeholders-155458283.html)
Dozens of young activists have been jailed for violating a law banning all but police-authorised protests. (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/eu-says-egypt-vote-lawful-lacked-stakeholders-155458283.html)
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