Egypt's prime minister urges calm before elections

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Egypt's Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri urged for calm during the country's first presidential election since its popular uprising last year, AFP reported Tuesday (May 22nd).

The news agency reported al-Ganzouri calling on Egyptians to "stand together to ensure the success of the electoral process and to accept the decision of the majority of Egyptians who will express their will through the ballot boxes".

Around 50 million eligible voters are being called to choose former President Hosni Mubarak's successor on Wednesday and Thursday, with a run-off scheduled next month should there be no outright winner.

Main contenders include former Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa, former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq and former Muslim Brotherhood leader Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh.

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    kamal

    2012-5-27

    I am surprised that in Egypt the revolution has been carried out by some people and others are benefiting from it. People are electing a president. The latter does not know his prerogatives and functions until now. The strangest thing is the platforms of the candidates which are talking about constitutional articles. This means that the elected president is able to separate the Constitution according to his temperament and rule in a way that pleases Allah.

  • غسان احمد

    2012-5-22

    After what we have seen in the Arab world and after all the problems that beset our Arabic countries, I believe that we all feel the pain of what our Arab countries were going through as well as the state of the Arab citizen because of our internal problems that have cast a lot of burdens on the citizen who suffers from a lack of security and stability. They are also suffering from poverty and unemployment in many Arab countries. How long must we stay watching the world develop and promote itself? We see the Arab countries are going backwards day after day in spite of the great wealth owned by the Arab Nation. I have nothing to do but pray that Allah the Almighty will look to our Arab countries and bless them with security and stability, and that peace will prevail in all the Arabic countries so that the Arab citizen can live a decent life that saves him from his tragic and bitter reality that he is going through because of the conditions experienced by the Arab countries that forgot about development and gave attention to the Arab citizen by the governments to get busy with political conflicts and maintenance of the positions, generating a lot of problems for the Arab peoples. Therefore, I call on Allah, the Lord of the Mighty Throne, for security and stability to be restored for all the Arab countries, so all the differences and problems would end, and the Arab citizen would enjoy the wealth of his country and his homeland, and that the situation would stabilize once and for all, and we end all our problems. Our Lord, treat our countries with compassion and be gentle with them. Change their situation for the best and bless us with your goodness. You are the most Merciful. O Allah, save our country and all the Arab countries and bless us with quietness, welfare and stability, and make us safe and secure, and keep the worry and grief away from us. Keep the scourge and high costs away from the Arab countries, Amen, O Lord of the universe.