THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: The Muslim Brotherhood and a secular party both withdrew on Wednesday from Egypt's election after a crushing first-round defeat by the president's ruling party in a poll marred by alleged fraud and violence.
The move left barely any opposition contesting the second round of the parliamentary poll and dealt another blow to the credibility of the vote after Egypt came in for heavy criticism from its US ally and human rights groups.
The Muslim Brotherhood, which won 20 per cent of seats at the last election in 2005 but failed to secure a single one in last Sunday's ballot, said it will boycott a run-off on December 5.
An official announcement was expected later in the day. >>> | Thursday, December 02, 2010
