What Kind of President Will Egyptians Pick?
- Publisher:
- AlJazeeraEnglish
- Publication Date:
- 22 May 2012
- Tags:
- Egypt, Governance
Egyptians are preparing to elect a new president, and for the first time they have a real choice. But the conservatives are split over which candidate to support and votes are also likely to be divided in the liberal camp. So what kind of leader do the people want, and what kind of power will the winner have?
Egypt Poll Violations Continue
- Fotouh, Mursi Supporters Agree to 'Let Ballot Boxes Decide'
- Nation Votes for President Tomorrow
- Pro-Revolution Youth Union Monitors Elections
- Military Entrenched Ahead of Polls
- SIS Establishes International Press Center to Serve Reporters Covering Presidential Election
- Armed Forces Council Calls for Peaceful Elections
- Electoral Silence Begins, Police, Armed Forces Secure Poll Stations
- MP Criticizes Speaker's Support for Muslim Brotherhood Candidate
- Complementary Constitutional Declaration Comes Under Fire
- The Egyptian Coalition for Election Observation Holds a Press Conference to Declare the Presidential Election Observation Mission
- If Offered, Abu Ismail, Will Turn Down Vice-President Post
- Moussa Warns of Rigging Attempts in Countryside
- Egypt Presidential Candidates On Important Issues
- Carter Centre Has Green Light to Observe Elections - U.S.
- Egypt Expat Polls Announced Today
- Episcopal Church Bishop Urges All Egyptians to Vote in Presidential Polls
- Azhar - Voting Is a Religious and National Duty, Election Bribes Are Unlawful
- International Press Center to Serve 923 Reporters Covering Presidential Elections
- Hariri - My Withdrawal in Favour of Sabbahi Is Out of Question
- Bastawisi Ready to Quit Race If Proper Consensus Reached - Al-Tagamo'a Party
- Shafiq and Moussa Ahead in Presidential Race - Poll
- Foreign Ministry - Expats Votes Climb Up, Polls Close Tomorrow
- Local Embassies Announce Results of Elections By Expatriate Locals
- Election Witnessing Mission Arrives
- Country Allows Expats to Vote Using Automated Passport
- Citizens Expats Begin Historic Presidential Vote
- Supreme Presidential Elections Committee Considers Approving Automated Passport for Expats Voting
- Electoral Bribes Highlight Second day of Voting
- Next President Could be Suspended for Electoral Bribery
- Jimmy Carter Praises Transparency of Presidential Election
- Voter Participation Climbing as Elections Continue
- Moussa Calls On Shafiq to Withdraw From Race
- 'I Came Today to Vote so That The Country Would Change'
- Voting Extended Beyond 8 Pm
- Most Polling Stations Open Late on Second Day
- Egyptians Vote On Second Day of Presidential Election
- Muslim Brotherhood Denies Voter Manipulation
- Foreign Ministry Receives Contested Ballots From Saudi
- Manipulation at Polls Favour Former Premier, Reports Staff
- Federation for Election Observation Registers Late Poll Openings for the Second day
- Last Hours of First Day Witnessed 'Peak' in Electoral Violations
- Former Prime Minister and Candidate Attacked at Polling Station
- Ballot Boxes Sealed On First Day of Presidential Elections
- Optimism Is the Path to Change - Wael Ghonim
- U.S. Believes Military Will Transfer Power
- Violations Concentrated in Shafiq, Mursi, Aboul Fotouh Campaigns
- Egyptian Observers Report Electoral Silence Violations
- Despite Ban, Shafiq and Azhar Grand Sheikh Cast Votes
- U.S. State Department Carefully Comments on Egyptian Elections
- Ballots Rigged at Daqahliya Polling Station
- 50 Complaints Registered in First Morning of Voting
- Low Turnout at Some Polling Stations Attributed to Heat
- VIDEO: Egyptians Begin Historic Vote
- Shafiq's Campaign Accused of Employing Mubarak Era Practices
- Ganzouri Declares Thursday Official Day Off
- Voting Extended Until 9 PM
- Election Results Impossible to Predict, Say Analysts
- Western Diplomats Monitor Presidential Elections
- Update - Nation's Presidential Candidates Vote in Historic Election
- Presidential Elections: Heavy Police Presence at Most Polling Stations
- Regular Security Across Egypt - Interior Ministry
- Jimmy Carter Visits Polling Centres to Check Voting Process
- Newspaper Headlines in Egypt's First Day of Historic Vote
- Voting Begins in First Free Elections After January Revolution
- PM Meets With Ex-U.S. President Carter
- Army Proposes Last-Minute Constitutional Change
- Mubarak and Sons Can Vote
- Armored Military Patrols Call on Citizens to Vote
Proposal For Drafting Egypt's Constitution
- Baradei Proposes Elected President Chooses Committee to Draft Constitution
- VIDEO: Debating Deadline of Egypt's New Constitution
- Supreme Council for Armed Forces and Parties Agree On Constituent Assembly Criteria
- Labor Wants Role in Drafting Constitution
- Official Stresses Transparency in Drafting of Constitution
- Military Ruler Calls Parliament to Elect Members to Draft Constitution
- Brotherhood - New Constitution Established By People, Not Imposed On Them
- FM Spokesman - Nation Needs No Outside Help to Draft Constitution
- Elbaradei Concerned With Parliament Electing Board to Draft Constitution
Who Are Egypt's Presidential Hopefuls?
- Political Analyst Predicts Final Presidential Battle to Be Between Traditionalists and Opposition
- Shafiq Gains Support of 17 MPs
- Islamists Announce Choice for President
- Mubarak, the Cousin, Pulls Out of Presidential Race
- Key Potential Candidates in Presidential Race
- Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiya Meets Candidates
- Presidential Candidates Criticize Nomination Process
- A Woman and a Disabled Apply for Candidacy
- 158 Presidential Candidates Until First Day's Noon
- Govt Lays Out Presidential Election Rules
- VIDEO: The Egyptian Revolution: One Year On
Egypt Armed Forces Secure Poll Stations Ahead of the Elections
- Electoral Silence Begins, Police, Armed Forces Secure Poll Stations
- SIS Establishes International Press Center to Serve Reporters Covering Presidential Election
- HPEC - All Measures Were Taken to Prevent Rigging Presidential Elections
- NCW Gives Message to Coming President
- Complementary Constitutional Declaration Issued After Election - Military Source
- International Press Center to Serve 923 Reporters Covering Presidential Elections
- Episcopal Church Bishop Urges All Egyptians to Vote in Presidential Polls
- Azhar - Voting Is a Religious and National Duty, Election Bribes Are Unlawful
- Warnings to Candidates as Presidential Campaigns Begin
- Presidential Campaigns Officially Kick Off
- 53 Million Eligible to Vote for President
- U.S. Says No Local Decisions to Allow Foreign Monitoring of Elections
- Campaigns of Some Presidential Candidates Agree On 'Civil State'
Egypt Poll Results
- Aboul Fotouh's Campaign Urges SPEC to Suspend Results
- Election Candidate Alleges Irregularities
- Egypt Heads for Presidential Run-Off
- Salafist Call to Support Brotherhood in Runoff
- A Sort of President Awaits Nation
- Muslim Brotherhood Candidate Faces Mubarak PM in Run-Off
- Mursi's Campaign Says Ahead After 90 Percent Votes Counted
- Unofficial Results - Aswan, Mursi and Moussa Lead
- Unofficial Results - Minya, Mursi and Shafiq Lead
- Mursi Sweeps in 51 Percent of Poll Stations
- VIDEO: Egyptian Vote Counting Begins
- State TV Announces Unofficial Results in Nine Egyptian Governorates
- Unofficial Results - Port Said, Sabahi and Shafiq Lead
- Unofficial Results - Qena, Mursi and Shafiq Lead
- Sabbahi - Certain of Reaching Runoffs, Violations Are Minor
- Sabbahi Ahead in Damietta Counted Poll Stations Results
- Elections Commission 'Did Not Receive Complaints About Safety of Ballot Boxes'
- In Cairo, Sabbahi Is Ahead in Downtown Area
- Shafiq, Moussa and Mursi in Final Results of an Aswan Poll Station
- Mursi, Sabbahi Ahead in Primary Results in Bani Soueif, Ismailia
- Aboul Fotouh, Sabbahi Ahead in Two Alexandria Poll Stations
- Health Ministry - Two Dead, 12 Injured in First Round of Presidential Elections
