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A group of independent judges in Egypt said on Wednesday (June 20th) that Mohamed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate for president, won the election against former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq.
The group, called "Judges for Egypt", said Morsi collected 13.2 million votes while Shafiq obtained 12.4 million, according to Ahram Online. The judges said they monitored the election process independently.
The announcement is similar to results Morsi's campaign declared, but official election results are not scheduled to be announced until Thursday. The Supreme Presidential Elections Commission, which will declare the winner, said it is not finished counting the votes.
Shafiq also declared that he had won the election.
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kamel
2012-7-27
The new president has to take many steps to prove himself to the Egyptians and apply his promises that he provided to the Egyptians. We cannot evaluate the president because he has not fulfilled any of his promises yet. The new president has no suitable experience in the political life, which is new to him. Hence, we found that he is faltering at the beginning of the road. Hence, we have to support him to make progress and improve the future of the company to cross the current crisis and to solve many of the crises that need immediate solutions. He offered some promises to the Egyptians, but he achieved nothing until now. We are still waiting to see tangible change to evaluate him and see whether he is good or bad.