Morsi Wins Egypt’s Run-Off Presidential Elections
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Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has announced that its candidate Mohamed Morsi has won the country's run-off presidential election.
At a pre-dawn press conference on Monday, the Brotherhood officials declared their victory over ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister Ahmad Shafiq in the election. The officials said that the results from 98 percent of the polling stations showed that Morsi won 52 percent of the vote.
Morsi "is the first civilian, popularly elected Egyptian president," the group said on its website.
"Thank God who guided the people of Egypt to this right path, the path of freedom and democracy," Morsi said to the crowd who had gathered outside his campaign headquarters in his first address after the victory.
He promised to "be a president for all Egyptians ... a servant to them" and seek a "civil, democratic, constitutional and modern state."
Source: News Agencies
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has announced that its candidate Mohamed Morsi has won the country's run-off presidential election.
At a pre-dawn press conference on Monday, the Brotherhood officials declared their victory over ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister Ahmad Shafiq in the election. The officials said that the results from 98 percent of the polling stations showed that Morsi won 52 percent of the vote.
Morsi "is the first civilian, popularly elected Egyptian president," the group said on its website.
"Thank God who guided the people of Egypt to this right path, the path of freedom and democracy," Morsi said to the crowd who had gathered outside his campaign headquarters in his first address after the victory.
He promised to "be a president for all Egyptians ... a servant to them" and seek a "civil, democratic, constitutional and modern state."
Source: News Agencies
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