Guest Column
Egypt: Shades of Mexican elections pre 1994
By Muhammad-Munir Fahmy
Dictator Mubarak was the only candidate in the
Egyptian presidential election of Sept 1999. He got 96% of popular
votes. In presidential election of Sept 2005, Dictator Mubarak ran
with other 9 candidates. He got 88.6%. All other candidates got
together 11.4%. Unbelievable!
In 2005 election Dictator Mubarak got 7.4% less than he got in 1999
election. His interior minister was in both elections the falsifier of
election results. Only 23% of electorate voted in the election of
2005. Majority of electorate was aware of election falsification.
Therefore, they were abstained from voting. They would have voted
against Dictator Mubarak if the election had been held under the
surveillance of international observers.
I have reported presidential election falsification of the Egyptian
interior minister to international press and demanded his resignation
for his dishonorableness. The interior minister has sent his police
officers to harass me everywhere making my life miserable.
Police normally protects citizens in democratic countries where law
and order prevail. The Egyptian interior minister and his police
officers disregard freedom of speech that the constitution guarantees.
Moreover, Egyptian police officers disregard the constitution and law.
Where can I seek protection against terrorism of the interior minister
and his police officers?
The interior minister has a good reason to terrorize me. He falsified
the 3-phases of the parliamentary election too. The first phase was
held on Nov 9 and its revision on Nov 15; the second was held on Nov
20 and its revision on Nov 26. The third phase was held on Dec 1 and
its revision on Dec 6. The Interior minister falsified all 3 phases of
the parliamentary election results in favor of Dictator Mubarak's
party. Winners have become losers and losers have become winners. The
interior minister ordered his police officers to intimidate and arrest
supporters of opposition and prevent them from voting by closing many
constituencies. Moreover, he ordered the transport of workers to vote
in many constituencies in favor of Dictator Mubarak's party.
In spite of police harassment to me, I have intended to report
election falsification to international press disregarding police
harassment. I demand once more the resignation of the interior
minister for his dishonorableness.
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Muhammad-Munir Fahmy at:
mm.fahmy@lycos.com
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