Monday 25th of November 2024

arab sprung...

arab sprung

 

A toon doing the email rounds...

This pic is tell us: The

This pic is tell us: The society is the reality brutal, survival of the fittest.

overwhelming victory for Islamist parties...

The final results in Egypt's first parliamentary elections since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak have confirmed an overwhelming victory for Islamist parties.

The Muslim Brotherhood, which was banned under Mubarak's regime, won the biggest share of parliamentary seats (38%), according to the High Elections Committee. Its Freedom and Justice party (FJP) has named Saad al-Katatni, a leading Brotherhood official who sat in the old parliament as an independent, as speaker of the assembly.

The hardline Islamist Al-Nour party came second with 29% of the seats. The liberal New Wafd and Egyptian Bloc coalition came third and fourth respectively.

The result means that Islamists will wield major influence over a new constitution, which is set to be drafted by a the country's first freely elected parliament.

The Revolution Continues coalition, dominated by youth groups at the forefront of the protests that toppled Mubarak, attracted less than a million votes and took just seven seats.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/21/egypt-election-clear-islamist-victory