Judges in Egypt on Tuesday rejected the results of a referendum on constitutional changes which they argued was fraudulent, and vowed to boycott the supervision of future polls. "The judges wash their hands of the referendum results," Ahmed Sabr, a spokesperson for the Judges' Club, told AFP about Monday's ballot. "We will no longer be a fig leaf to cover something shameful."
The government said 75 percent of voters approved controversial amendments to the constitution that the regime says will strengthen democracy and fight terrorism. The official turnout was put at 27 percent of the 35-million-strong electorate, but opposition and independent monitors said the real figure was probably below 10 percent. |