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Ashri: Parliament Elections Legal, Constitutional; Validity Doubts Unfounded

FJP Legal Committee President rejects recent claims of possible ‘invalidity’ of the Parliament, which is formed by the People’s free will, following unprecedented marathon elections described throughout the world as

Mubarak disgraces Egypt’s reputation

Mubarak's government in Egypt has played a win at all costs game of parliamentary elections going beyond blatant fraud to violence, intimidation and false arrests.

Opposition MPs Pledge to Egyptians to Overthrow Fraud Parliament

Ousted MPs and opposition figures, in a privileged popular scene, have made a vow to the Egyptian people to move forward and end the legitimacy of the new Parliament

Egypt’s Legitimacy Crisis in the Aftermath of Flawed Elections

The first round of parliamentary elections in Egypt has left behind a political scene that is simultaneously frustrating and puzzling.

Countdown to Polls Reveals NDP Will Stop at Nothing

Hours ahead of the scheduled parliamentary election polls the Egyptian High Elections Commission has failed to implement a court order to reinstate a number of opposition and independent candidates it

Administrative Court’s Decisions Challenge Legitimacy of the next People’s Assembly

A few days before the 2010 legislative elections, the nation's Higher Administrative Courts issued a number of decisions that may change the electoral map in several districts. The court orders

In Blow to Al-Baradei, Brotherhood to Run Candidate List

Rejecting calls by former IAEA chief and opposition leader Muhammad Al-Baradei to boycott upcoming parliamentary elections, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has decided to run a list of candidates for

Rifts within NDP as election season nears

Secretary General for the Muslim Brotherhood Parliamentary bloc, Mr. Sobhy Saleh stressed that the disapproval voiced regarding the manner the NDP conducts its affairs prior to the next parliamentary elections

EGYPT: Muslim Brotherhood secures tens of thousands of signatures for ElBaradei’s petition

The number of Egyptians who have signed a petition for political reform proposed by potential presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei has doubled over the last two weeks after the Muslim Brotherhood

Egypt’s transparent elections continue by kidnapping campaigners

Egypt's Shura electoral procedures appear to be well underway as the regimes security apparatus continue with their tried and tested methods, in kidnapping members of the opposition namely the Muslim