Voting in the dark: Ramming the constitutional amendments through
“What difference does it make what [voters] know or don’t know?” says one parliamentary source.
“What difference does it make what [voters] know or don’t know?” says one parliamentary source.
Unlike in previous votes, more opposition members are calling for a 'no' vote than for a boycott.
Rifts have re-emerged within the Dostour Party days after the default election of Khaled Dawoud as party president
Voter turnout for the first phase of Egypt’s parliamentary elections amounted to 26 percent for the first round and 21 percent for the runoff, the High Elections Commission (HEC) announced…
A national referendum on amendments to the Constitution will be held this weekend
The Heliopolis Misdemeanor Court sentenced 17 defendants to five years in jail and a LE50,000 fine each on charges of rioting on…
Three members of the Strong Egypt Party were sentenced in absentia Tuesday, after they were arrested in January for distributing material urging…
On Saturday, Qasr al-Nile Misdemeanors Court sentenced 15 members of a group known as Ultras Revolutionary to two years in jail and…
“The Muslim Brotherhood has to decide whether they can join [the roadmap], and start taking actual steps, the first of which is…
The Strong Egypt Party issued a statement on Monday slamming the results of the constitutional referendum, saying the 98.1 percent approval rating…
«Egypt’s constitutional referendum is over and now the next round of competition is between the spin-doctors. What does the fact that the constitution passed with a…»
«If there were a position more apathetic than boycotting and at the same time more contemptuous than revoking one’s vote, I would have taken it with…»
«I (very) briefly grappled with whether to vote, or boycott this referendum but after the experience of covering the Sisi popularity contest Tuesday, I will not…»
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