Muslim Brotherhood's Mursi declared Egypt president

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Muslim Brotherhood's Mursi declared Egypt president

Supporter of Mohammed Mursi have been camped out in Tahrir Square
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The Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Mursi has been declared the winner of Egypt's presidential election run-off.

He won 51.73% of the vote, beating former PM Ahmed Shafiq, the Higher Presidential Election Commission said.

The head of the panel of judges, Farouq Sultan, said it had upheld some of the 466 complaints by the candidates, but that the election result still stood.

The announcement prompted scenes of jubilation in Cairo's Tahrir Square, where Mr Mursi's supporters gathered.

They have been maintaining a vigil there for days in protest at the series of decrees by the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (Scaf) which they say are designed to reduce or constrain the power of the president, and entrench the power of the military.

On 13 June, the justice ministry gave soldiers the right to arrest civilians for trial in military courts until the ratification of a new constitution.

Four days later, just as the polls were closing in the run-off, the generals issued an interim constitutional declaration that granted them all legislative powers and reinforced their role in the drafting of a permanent constitution. The military was also exempted from civilian oversight.

Then on Monday, the head of the Scaf, Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, announced the re-establishment of a National Defence Council, putting the generals in charge of Egypt's national security policy.

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[Imran Khan]

lets hope peace and stability for them and end of this daily street show and violence in brother country .

 

[monitor]

An Islamist jailed by Hosni Mubarak has succeeded him as president of the biggest Arab nation in a victory at the ballot box which has historic consequences for Egypt and the Middle East.
The Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammad Mursi will not enjoy the extent of modern, pharaonic powers exercised by Mubarak: those have been curtailed by a military establishment which will decide just how much he will be able to do in government.
Still, the U.S.-trained engineer's victory in the country's first free presidential election breaks domination by men from the armed forces, which have provided every Egyptian leader since the overthrow of the monarchy 60 years ago.
However Good luck to great Egyptian people and Mr. mursi in their transition to democratic process .

 

[clmeta]

I hope Egypt doesn't turn into another battleground of influence in the middle east after Bahrain and Syria.

 

[mdcp]

Great news,
His honesty, dedication and knowledge will be fruitful for egypt and muslim world
Its better we getting rif of dictators and their regimes supported by so called democratic countried like eu, us
Etc

 

[clmeta]

Will the victory of Muslim brotherhood in Egypt complicate things for Syria?

 

[kawaraj]

An Islamist jailed by Hosni Mubarak has succeeded him as president of the biggest Arab nation in a victory at the ballot box which has historic consequences for Egypt and the Middle East.
The Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammad Mursi will not enjoy the extent of modern, pharaonic powers exercised by Mubarak: those have been curtailed by a military establishment which will decide just how much he will be able to do in government.
Still, the U.S.-trained engineer's victory in the country's first free presidential election breaks domination by men from the armed forces, which have provided every Egyptian leader since the overthrow of the monarchy 60 years ago.
However Good luck to great Egyptian people and Mr. mursi in their transition to democratic process .

Yes we are talking of a man with legendary background through decades of hardship, I believe he will ride over the difficuties and finally bring peace and prosperity to this important nation.

 

[explorer9]

I hope Egypt doesn't turn into another battleground of influence in the middle east after Bahrain and Syria.

No comparison of Egypt with Syria or Bahrain, this is the birthplace of Muslim Brotherhood and this organization has its roots in whole North Africa and Levantine Arab region.Egypt will evolve like Turkey and there leadership must take lessons from Erdogan & Gul that how to tackle the Military and judiciary.

 

[Surenas]

Bad news. A conservative president that is controlled by a military council.

 

[agentny17]

Will the victory of Muslim brotherhood in Egypt complicate things for Syria?

Yes, i see a Egyptian- Saudi- Turkish alliance to Al-Assad. I won't be surprised if it gets to the point of a military action by all 3 countries. I don't think the SCAF would be happy about such move thu.

Bad news. A conservative president that is controlled by a military council.

Not true. I hate the MB but its unfair to call them a military puppet. Muslim Brotherhood are not even that conservative. They are ver Anti Israel thu, just like any Egyptian, religious or not, Muslim or not.

 

[kawaraj]

Bad news. A conservative president that is controlled by a military council.

You see it as simple as a combination of the two namesakeS, a mixture of Militarilized Islamists.

Well that simply wrong.

 

[BLACKEAGLE]

Mursi says will be ‘president for all Egyptians,’ vows to honor international

Egypt’s Mohamed Mursi, the first Islamist to be elected to the presidency, said on Sunday he will be a leader “for all Egyptians” and called for national unity after a polarizing race.

“I will be a president for all Egyptians,” Mursi said just hours after he was declared president following a deeply divisive race against Ahmed Shafiq, the last premier to serve under ousted president Hosni Mubarak.

“I call on you, great people of Egypt ... to strengthen our national unity,” he said, adding that national unity “is the only way out of these difficult times.”

Mursi won 51.73 percent of the vote, with 13,230,131 ballots.
The election has polarized the nation, dividing those who feared a return to the old regime under Shafiq from others who wanted to keep religion out of politics and who fear the Brotherhood would stifle personal freedoms.

Mursi, who resigned from the Muslim Brotherhood to take the top job, thanked the “martyrs” of the uprising for the victory and stressed “the revolution continues.”

The 60-year-old engineer also vowed to honor international treaties.

“We will preserve all international treaties and charters ... we come in peace,” Mursi said.

Egypt is one of only two Arab countries -- the other is Jordan -- to have made peace with the Jewish state. The Egypt-Israel peace treaty was signed in 1979.
Israel urges cooperation
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country respects the democratic election of Mursi as Egypt’s president and wants to cooperate with his future government in Cairo.

“Israel values the democratic process in Egypt and respects the results of the presidential election,” his office said in a statement. “Israel hopes to continue cooperation with the Egyptian government on the basis of the peace treaty.”

There was celebratory gunfire in the Gaza Strip, which borders Egypt and is ruled by the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas, which has its roots in the Brotherhood and close ties with it.

Senior Hamas official Mahmud Zahar told AFP the victory was “a historic moment and a new era in the history of Egypt,” as Gazans cheered and fired volleys of celebratory gunfire in the streets of the coastal enclave.

Zahar called Mursi’s victory “a defeat for the program of normalization and security cooperation with the enemy,” referring to Israel.
U.S. expectations
The United States, which provides vast military aid to Egypt, welcomed the Egyptian result but made it clear it expected Mursi to ensure stability and not to veer to extremes.

“We believe that it is important for President-elect Mursi to take steps at this historic time to advance national unity by reaching out to all parties and constituencies in consultations about the formation of a new government,” White House spokesman Jay Carney said in a statement, calling on the new leader to ensure Egypt remains “a pillar of regional peace”.

“We believe it is essential for the Egyptian government to continue to fulfill Egypt's role as a pillar of regional peace, security and stability,” Carney said, in a veiled reference to hopes for continued cooperation with Israel.

Mursi’s win is likely to usher in an era of cooler ties between Cairo and Washington, after decades of close cooperation between the United States and Mubarak on counter-terrorism, Iran and other regional concerns.

In contrast, the Brotherhood and Washington have long disagreed on Iran, U.S. military presence and counter-terrorism operations in the region, and particularly on Israel.

Congratulations Egypt...Muslim brotherhoods in Jordan celebrated it everywhere.

 

[SamranAli]

best of luck to them and pray that they are back on track to progress.

 

[ihealugo]

i have a big question, they had a revolution, and they had a election last week , but just about half of the people participate in the election! why!!!!
and he won with 52% of voes !so another question: if they really wanted a change why 48% of votes was for shafigh?

 

[Zeeshan360]

Wow !! Very close fight indeed .
Congo to the new president

Just hope he doesnt become a puppet of military