CAIRO: Egypt first freely elected president will be named on Sunday at three in the afternoon, a statement from the elections committee said Saturday. The announcement will be read by Farouq Sultan, the head of the committee. The much anticipated announcement is expected to bring some relief to the tense political situation in the country. Both candidates' camps have already announced victory and their supporters have already started celebrating. Military man Ahmed Shafiq is facing the likely winner Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi. Morsi's campaign have put him the winner by a 900,000 vote difference from the primary results they have gathered. Morsi has already formed a coalition with the revolutionary youth powers and different political parties and groups with the hope of stopping Shafiq from winning, as they see it as a reproduction of the old regime. Thousands of anti-military rule protesters in the country and Morsi supporters are camping in Tahrir Square awaiting the final results for the past three days. Protesters were also showing their refusal to the decree issued last weekend by the ruling military council that limits the power of the president and increases their own. Many activists and commentators have called the move a “military coup” against the revolution.
