CAIRO - Hundreds of Egyptian activists and members of opposition groups protested Sunday against what they said were violations during a parliamentary vote that handed the ruling party a huge victory last month. Opposition and independent monitors said the elections were fraught with ballot stuffing, voter intimidation and other abuses. Officials said the process was fair, all complaints were being checked, and any violations did not challenge the results. "Void, void, void," protesters chanted, referring to the parliamentary vote, during the demonstration by several hundred people in downtown Cairo. "This is not a People's Assembly, it is a cabaret," they chanted. Protests increased in Egypt before the parliamentary vote and activists threaten more before the 2011 presidential race. The protesters Sunday included members of opposition movements Enough and April 6, as well as Egypt's two biggest opposition groups in the outgoing Parliament, the Muslim Brotherhood and the liberal Al-Wafd Party. Security forces surrounded them but allowed the protest to go ahead.
