Widespread fraud reported in Egypt runoffs
Egypt Runoffs
Vote Buying, Bus Loading, Intrusive Police
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Egypt's election runoffs witnessed vote buying, voters' bus loading, illegal collective registration, intimidation and intervention of policemen, an element that was unprecedentedly absent in Wednesday's first round of election. "Observers are reporting a disturbing escalation of violence throughout polling places in Egypt," the Independent Committee for Election Monitoring said in a statement on Tuesday, November 15. Seventeen people were wounded in violence between supporters of rival candidates involved in runoffs for the first phase of Egypt's parliamentary elections, the official Middle East News Agency (MENA) said. Fifteen people were wounded in the Beni Sueif governorate south of Cairo, and scores were in a serious condition. |