CAIRO: Egypt's al-Nour Salafist party filed a police report against state TV for what what they called “biased coverage” of the elections and slandering the party on its programs. The party – a Puritanical ultra-conservative Islamist party – came in second place in the first round of parliamentary elections in Egypt and as the second phase underway, hopes are high for the new post-revolution party to have a say in the new Egypt. The Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, gained the most votes, followed by al-Nour, which has created a scare among liberals and progressives in the country. The party mentioned program “Studio 27″ in the report for inviting guests that spoke ill about the agenda of the party. The party said that a guest slammed the party and its agenda and refused to give the party spokesman Yousri Hammad the chance to respond, making him wait over an hour on the phone then simply saying they suffer from technical difficulties and he would not be able to speak. The party said Hammad spoke over the phone with Magdy Lashin, head of Egypt's channel one, who expressed his sadness over the situation, but refused to air an apology addressed to the party, state-run al-Ahram newspaper reported Thursday. The party said that state TV is public property, and hence it “should be neutral” towards all candidates during the elections. BM ShortURL: http://goo.gl/Vq7RD No related posts. Tags: Elections, featured, Lawsuit, Nour Party, State TV Section: Egypt, Latest News, Media
