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:: Egypt’s 2010 Parliamentary Elections > 2010 election update | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() Muslim Brotherhood's Statement on Rigging of Parliamentary Election
Respectable democratic systems confident of their legitimacy and popularity compete fairly with different political powers to gain the confidence of the public and the popular will of the people, and to implement the result of transparent and fair elections, taking into account people's will and choices.
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Sunday, November 21,2010 22:10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Respectable democratic systems confident of their legitimacy and popularity compete fairly with different political powers to gain the confidence of the public and the popular will of the people, and to implement the result of transparent and fair elections, taking into account people's will and choices. Totalitarian regimes, however, that were not elected and have no legitimacy mainly rely on police support to rig competition and unlawfully usurp power by force.
Throughout that time the regime has revealed its intention to falsify the election results and tighten its grip around MB candidates, where dozens of MB candidates have been removed, including six parliamentarians, despite obtaining a final and enforceable court order. Although the Higher Election Commission has issued a decision that provides for tabling the candidates, security directorates refuse to comply with it and security forces have torn down placards and posters belonging to MB candidates, banned their rallies, surrounded them, beat up campaigners, used tear gas and opened fire on a crowd attending the rally and abducted them. Unfortunately, some prosecutors ordered their detention for periods pending investigations, going beyond the date of the elections. Hundreds are already in jail.
The Brotherhood will neither be deterred from the right path nor will it be intimated by arrests and will continue their struggle to regain people's usurped rights, and to achieve the desired reform and restore Egypt to its great status among the nations. |
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tags: Rigging / Parliamentary Election / Election / Shura Council / Egyptian Regime / MB Members / MB Candidates / Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood / Higher Election Commission / 2005 Elections / Moderate Muslim Brotherhood / Moderate MB
Posted in 2010 election update , MB Statements |
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