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Article: Anxiety, not celebration as Egypt elects president

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posted on Jun, 16 2012 @ 11:04 AM
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Faced with a choice between Hosni Mubarak's ex-prime minister and an Islamist candidate, Egyptians entered their latest round of elections in an atmosphere of suspicion, resignation and worry, voting in a presidential runoff that will mean the difference between installing a remnant of the old regime and bringing more Islam into government.

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Seems like Egypt is now learning about that good old two-party system of "Democracy." This completely sums up the meaning of the phrase "Choosing the lesser of two evils." Would you choose a remnant of the old regime or right-wing religious extremists? Sounds a bit like American elections.



posted on Jun, 16 2012 @ 12:20 PM
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Something is not right here. Only last Thursday was the parliament dissolved with the reason being that there were not enough independents in parliament. www.abovetopsecret.com...

Now not even a week later and the next round of voting is under way with only two options for who will be president? Whatever is going on is going to take a lot of research, it does not sound good what ever it is.



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