The second round of elections in Egypt have come and gone, and the official seat counts released by the nation’s state media today show the Islamist blocs are winning by an even broader amount than previously expected, with the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) scoring two thirds of the seats contested in this round, 40 out of 60.
The second place finisher was the Salafist al-Nour Party, which scored 13 of the remaining seats, meaning the two parties netted some 90 percent of the seats. The two blocs had scored a solid majority of the seats contested in the first round as well.
The third and final round of voting is to begin on January 3, with the hope of releasing final parliamentary features by January 11. Even without seeing the results, it is safe to say the FJP will be the largest plurality, and might even net a distinct majority in their own right. They currently have 47 percent of all seats. In a parliamentary system like Egypt’s, they seem to be a slam dunk to form the next government.
Or they would be if the current military junta, which was only supposed to be in power until an election was held to replace them, but is now saying they won’t allow Islamists to form the new government. Junta officials have insisted they aren’t “representative,” even though voter turnout has been strong and they seem strongly in favor of an FJP-led government. The FJP has said their primary goal in forming a government is to bring the nation under civilian control and end the era of military dominance.
Sounds like some generals don't want to give up their new-found power. On the other hand, I wonder if the generals aren't being prompted by the West (read: the US) to resist an Islamist-majority government? Of course it makes no difference that the Islamists have been elected democratically- democracy is a an outdated term foreign to the US political system.
the brotherhood, at least, has a set of laws and rules they follow. This is what the people want, to know where they stand as they go about their daily business. These people for the most part are followers of Islam, so why not vote for those who follow the laws their religion folows?
2 billion dollars a year and multiple military training centers says that Egypt's military does what we want them to. Clearly it's not in the American Government's interests to have the Egyptian people achieve an organic democracy. That much should have been beyond obvious.
Precisely my point. Methinks there be skullduggery afoot in Egypt.
Open your eyes a little wider and see the big picture. It may be American government interests controling the Egyptian military leaders, but they are getting their marching orders from the Zionist freaks that control Isreal. Just like when the Hamas was elected via a "democratic" supervised election.This has little to do with religion(except for dividing people–Divide and Conquer) and more to do with controling the flow of resources through Egyptian territory and controling the Antiquities.
Hooray for democracy…..?
No one saw that coming rinse and repeat for Libya
Is the US an anti-Christian country?
At least since the 70's they have support every single Islamic militants movement over Christians especially Orthodox and every other religion except from Jews and secular Muslim states.
Now with there crusade in the Mid East they are helping Islamists come to power and ethnically cleanse Christians.
The world thing which only Sibel Edmonds has talked about is that the US is actively financing, aiding and promoting a pan Turanian Empire in Eurasia over the largest oil and gas reserves in the world that Europe and Asia's economy will be dependent upon with Turkey after AIPAC being the most powerful lobby in the US.
Meant to type "worst thing" not "world thing".