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Egypt: Abdel Fattah al-Sisi expected to win Presidential election
If Sabahi manages to thwart a landslide with a respectable showing, it would be a further blow, showing an existing and active opposition to al-Sissi despite the media hype.
The Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist group from which Mursi hails, has instructed its followers to boycott the vote. Also boycotting the polls are many of the pro-democracy youths who have participated in the 2011 uprising against longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak.
Al-Sissi has pledged to bring democracy to Egypt but Mursi’s backers say the ouster of an elected president crushed those hopes. Al-Sissi’s supporters say he saved the country from Islamists while his secular critics fear he will enshrine a Mubarak-style autocracy once more.
Egyptians are looking to have a president who would restore security and revive the economy.
Source: The Associated Press
