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| Probe Urged against Sisi's Main Rival in Egypt Vote |
| 2014-04-02 |
| [An Nahar] Egypt's top prosecutor called Tuesday for a probe into funds allegedly received by the only serious rival of ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in an upcoming presidential election, sources said. Public prosecutor Hisham Barakat issued the call after a lawyer filed a complaint about funds that Egyptian businessmen allegedly provided to leftist leader Hamdeen Sabbahi, the judicial sources said. Sabbahi, a prominent dissident during the rule of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi ...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Timeprinciple, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator... , came third in the 2012 presidential election won by the now deposed Morsi. Sabbahi's campaign front man Maasum Marzouk told Agence La Belle France Presse that such a complaint was filed even during the 2012 election when Sabbahi was receiving "donations for his campaign". "But the prosecution found nothing at that time. A similar attempt to defame us is being made again," said Marzouk. So far, Sabbahi is considered the only serious opponent of Sisi in the May 26-27 election. Sabbahi may attract the support of a small but growing dissident movement. But Sisi is riding a wave of popularity after he led the ouster of Morsi in July, after a single year of turbulent rule, and is widely tipped to win the election. The registration of candidates for the election entered its second day on Tuesday. |
| Posted by:Fred |