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Egypt vote result delayed - state agency
Reuters Published in The Egyptian Gazette on 21 - 06 - 2012

CAIRO - The body overseeing Egypt's presidential election said it would not announce the results on Thursday as planned, saying it needed more time to study appeals from the candidates, but did not say when it might be ready, the state news agency reported.
The Egyptian presidential run-off pitted the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsy against Ahmed Shafik, a former air force commander who was Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister. Both claim to have won and have filed appeals against each other.
"The (election) committee has decided to continue to examine the appeals, which involves looking at records and logs related to the electoral process, and this will necessitate more time before announcing the final results," it said in a statement on Wednesday.
Earlier, Committee Secretary-General Hatem Bagato told Reuters he could not say when the results would be announced.
"We are at the stage of listening to the representatives," he said.
"The committee will meet afterwards to decide on whether to accept the appeals or not. After that, there will be a time set to announce the final result," he added, speaking by phone.
On Tuesday, a US election monitoring group said it was unable to say if Egypt's presidential election was free and fair as it had not been given sufficient access, accusing the military leadership of hampering a transition to democracy.
Beyond the election itself, the group - the Carter Center - said a court's decision to dissolve the Islamist-dominated parliament and a decree from the ruling military council limiting the future president's powers increased the risk that Egypt was not becoming the democracy that many had hoped for.
Omar Salama, a legal advisor and member of the election committee's secretariat, said Morsy had filed over 150 complaints against his rival Shafik. Al Ahram newspaper said on its website that Shafik had submitted 221 complaints about the results.
No official figures have been announced, but candidates had representatives at polling stations and were able to make their own tallies.
"We must give both sides all the time they need to ensure that the process is fair and prevent any claims later on that not enough time was given to both sides," Bagato explained.

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