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| Egypt Court Bans Brotherhood Members from Polls |
| 2014-04-16 |
| [An Nahar] An Egyptian court on Tuesday banned members of ousted 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... 's Moslem Brüderbund from running in upcoming elections, a lawyer and state media said. Egypt's military-installed authorities are engaged in a deadly crackdown against the Islamist movement, which swept elections in Egypt after the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... in 2011 but is now blacklisted as a "terrorist group." A court in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria ordered authorities to bar any candidacies from Brotherhood members or former members in presidential and parliamentary elections The ruling came after a group of private citizens who have protested against the Brotherhood filed a petition calling for the ban. "It is illogical to receive such candidacies after the government designated the Brotherhood a terrorist organization," Tareq Mahmoud, a lawyer from the group, told AFP. "We submitted videos, photos and documents showing terrorist acts carried out by the Moslem Brüderbund, which is why it is illogical that they lead the country or represent its people in elections." |
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