Friday 25 May 2012

Egypt: Brotherhood v old regime | beyondbrics

Egyptians will have to choose between the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood and a old retainer of the Mubarak administration in next month’s run-off of the presidential election.

As officials counted votes on Friday, the Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi was emerging as winner of this week’s first round. Ahmed Shafiq, Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister, appeared likely to come second. With centrist candidates falling behind, Egyptians seemed certain to face a stark choice in the second round: “revolution” or “counter-revolution”, in the words of one observer.

Assuming the official count confirms the preliminary estimates, the result will compound the uncertainty that has plagued Egypt since Mubarak’s overthrow in January 2010 – not least the economic uncertainty.

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