Egypt: Last round of parliamentary elections ended this week

After the events last year in Egypt and the arrest of Mubarak, the Egyptians were already called to vote at the end of last year. The parliamentary elections were staggered in Egypt. In the last two months, there were already held two rounds. At this week, the third and final round of the first “free” Elections were held in Egypt.

In most provinces of Egypt it is estimated that the turnout by the Egyptian people should be not very high. Corruption and bribery attempts were extremely high in the days of the elections.

Some parties were trying to buy their electorate in Egypt. In contrast to the last Russian elections it seems that the West tolerates this criminal energy within Egypt at the moment.


Who was clever, took the money and still voted for whomever he wanted after he received the money – mostly direct in front of the election offices. In the first two ballots, the Muslim Brotherhood and fundamentalist Salafis (Salafists) were able to win with over sixty percent (together).

It is not likely that their leadership (Muslim Brotherhood / Salafis (Salafists)) at this election may be overrun in the third ballot in Egypt. Especially, because the elections within the big cities of Egypt were already held.

The Egyptian provinces, where the third round of the election was held this week, are areas of Egypt which are known as so-called strongholds of the Islamists.

Knowing the first results of the Egyptian election and the areas of the country it should be obvious which direction this “new Egypt” will go. The third round of the Egyptian election should be finished this week. The outcome of the Egyptian parliamentary election won`t be announced until the 13th January.

When the outcome of the Egyptian parliamentary election is announced, there are still two rounds which have to be held. These two rounds will be held to select the upper house within Egypt – the so-called Shura.

When the new Egyptian parliament was elected, there will be a call and convene for a constituent assembly. With the development in this Egyptian election, even if not actually involved many voters, it must be feared that the new Constitution of Egypt will include many features of the Islamic Sharia.

That Egypt is going to be re-Islamized is already evident at some events and also by efforts of smaller parties or groups of fundamentalist attitude. A group of radical Islamists now hopes to use their influence to establish a so-called “religious police” with the Saudi model as role model.

Whether they are successful with these efforts is questionable. Although the majority of the Egyptian population is very religious, but whether they will go so far to agree to such a restriction should be doubted.

Nevertheless, these questionable efforts within Egypt are reasons to have concern and one should not forget that there are always people who just agree to these radical ideas – not only because of true religious reasons.

Reportedly, there has been a campaign of religious fanatics in the past weeks in the Egyptian capital Cairo. This campaign had the goal to preserve the (religious) virtue. For example, it is said, according to some sources in Cairo, that a bearded man slapped a woman on the street just because she wore tight jeans in public.

Still, the picture is mixed within the Egyptian capital Cairo and the Egyptian women differ in their style as it is known. But the religious shift toward a strict Islam with the role model Saudi Arabia is clearly visible.

Not to be underestimated is that the Islamists with their “Party of Light” were given at least 20 percent of the vote in the first two ballots in Egypt.

It looks like a explosive mix in conjunction with the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafists (Salafis). This mixture sure does not reflect the interests of the Egyptian youth which took on the streets to fight for freedom – just about a year ago.

Whether this new freedom in Egypt, which seems to move towards a clearly fundamental Islam, really is the fulfillment is very questionable.

The concerns of the Egyptian tourism industry are eligible, of course. After the quite huge losses because of the events within Egypt in the last year, the probably onset of Islamization in Egypt should not exactly be very conducive to tourism.

But before we can really say something about the real future of Egypt, we have to wait for the final results of this (maybe partly faked or falsely influenced) election.

Furthermore, we have to wait and see if the Egyptian military really gives up power in favor of the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafist (Salafis), or if there will be an agreement about a separation of powers within Egypt. Of course, the situation in Egypt is currently not very promising.

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