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Africa: North |
Egypt holds referendum amid protests |
2005-05-26 |
![]() As before many recent Kefaya events, large numbers of Mubarak supporters turned up at the same venue to drown out the opposition with chants of "Not enough" and "Yes to Mubarak". Riot police surrounded the Kefaya group while allowing a much larger pro-Mubarak group to move freely. Opposition groups have long called for reform but say the conditions set in the amended Article 76 of the constitution will secure the post, held by Mubarak since 1981, for his ruling National Democratic Party (NDP). "Today is a day of mourning. Boycott the referendum on the disaster of 76" read the headline on the front page of the opposition Wafd Party newspaper. reuters |
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