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Egyptian Independent Presidential Candidate Appeals Pollsâ€™ Results

27 May 2012 03:43 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. An independent candidate at the Egyptian presidential elections, Hamdeen Sabbahi of the nationalist Dignity party, who came the third in the pollsâ€™ first round on Wednesday and Thursday, said he would appeal the results because of violationsm APA repor qutoing Ria Novosti.

â€œThe law department in my election campaign team has already filed complaints based on the facts and evidence,â€ Sabbahi, who gained over 20 percent of the votes, said.

The results of the first round of presidential elections in Egypt indicated that a candidate from Egyptâ€™s Muslim Brotherhood movement, Mohamed Mursi will face off against Ahmed Shafiq, the last prime minister of ousted President Hosni Mubarakâ€™s regime, in a June 16-17 runoff vote.

The polls, which are expected to mark the nation’s transition from the present military to civilian rule, are the first alternative elections since 2005 when Mubarak ensured a landslide victory over other candidates.

Sabbahi has no connections to the Mubarak regime and is popular among many youth movements and working class. He is considered â€œan alternative candidateâ€ for those who favor neither Islamists nor Mubarak regime followers. His campaign slogan was â€œone of us.â€

International observers who monitored the elections cited insignificant violations which could not influenced the final results.