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Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood says its candidate Mohamed Morsi will face former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq in the country’s presidential run-off election. Morsi is in the lead with 25.3 percent of the vote, followed by Shafiq with 24.9 percent. Official results from the electoral body are expected to be announced on Tuesday. The two candidates will compete in a run-off election on June 16 and 17. Electoral commission officials said that turnout was around 43 percent over the two days of voting on Wednesday and Thursday. Press TV has conducted an interview with Yahia Ghanem, editor at the al-Ahram newspaper, to hear his opinion on this issue. The following is a rough transcription of the interview. Press TV: Trying to understand these results specially Shafiq he did not do that well in his campaigning. How did he come up to this second place, finish at this point which is not really finished, it is unofficial results, what is your reaction to that? Ghanem: Well if you talk, if you ask about the reactions I believe that partly it was a shock for a lot of number of the Egyptians whereas it was a pleasant surprise of course for some others. So I believe that as much as Egypt and the Egyptians have been showing strong signs of being united, a united house in their march towards democracy, when it comes to the results of the first round of the elections they started showing strong signs of a house divided in terms of this splinter between Shafiq which is considered to be a remnant of the former regime and Dr. [Morsi], the candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood. Press TV: In terms of who came out to vote we are looking at two large majorities, 60 percent saying to be from the urban areas which are farmers and then of course we are looking at the percentage of the youth in the country which is said to be 50 percent below the age of 30. But it does not seem like these results are indicating that which some are saying the silent majority came out. Do you see it that way? Ghanem: Say it again please. Press TV: The silent majority, do you think they were the ones that came out, tilting some of the voting in terms of the results we are seeing right now? Ghanem: I am not quite sure if I understood your question... Press TV: The silent majority of Egyptians is what I am getting at, did they come out, the ones who did not come out to vote for the parliamentary elections maybe came out this time to vote? Ghanem: Well, I believe that there was a large percentage of absence from the voters because everybody expected actually a higher percentage, everybody expected that the Egyptians would break the record that they scored during the first stage of the last parliamentary elections but unfortunately it did not happen. And I believe that there are reasons behind such absence and such reluctance of that large number of voters to practice and to exercise the right in voting the first civilian elected president but I believe that a large number of the youth who actually participated and spot the revolution, also they were reluctant to participate in these elections and I observed that while I was touring the polling stations, I believe that there were reasons actually behind such reluctance, such as the way the military council ran the whole show during the last 16 months and specially running that presidential election show. Press TV: And of course one of the biggest troubles and challenges Yahia Ghanem is the constitution and the presidential powers. When is that going to be resolved? Ghanem: I believe we still have to go for quite a while after the elections to sort out this issue of the right in constitution and specially that issue of writing the constitution. But personally speaking I believe that this issue have been made an issue by certain parties with interest to complicate things in Egypt because writing constitution is not that problem actually and they complicated the whole thing by inciting all different kinds of society, all the [structure] in society to claim the right of being represented in this committee and to share or to take part in writing the constitution. No constitutions in the world are being written that way. It is up to the specialists, the lawmakers or the professors of constitutional law to write the constitution as in many or in all the countries in the world and then for the establishing committee to discuss and to review that draft constitution but of course it does not make any sense for all representatives of all the sectors of the society and the [structure] of the society to take part in writing the constitution. It is funny and it is not true of course.

[14 June 2012] Mark Glenn Morsi power plan appeals to Egyptians - English Egyptian presidential candidate Mohammed Morsi has promised to share power with other parties and to uphold the goals of revolution if he becomes president. An interview with Mark Glenn, author and journalist

[07 Nov 2012] Egyptians protest at Saudi Arabia\'s embassy in Cairo - English

[16 Nov 2012] Thousands of Egyptians rally in Tahrir square in support of Gaza - English

[30 Nov 2012] Egyptians call for the reshaping of the constituent assembly - English

Egyptians in Cairo commemorate the deaths of protesters killed two years ago. They also seek reforms, with many in the crowd calling for the power of the security forces to be curbed. But clashes between warring parties have once again brought to light the deep state of polarization in Egyptian Society.

Thousands of Egyptians took to the streets of Cairo, and elsewhere around the country to demand an immediate end to military rule and express solidarity with student protesters facing a brutal crackdown by security forces.

[10 July 2014] Egyptians call for action in face of Israeli attack on Gaza - English

[25 July 2014] Egyptians protest in support of Gaza - English

[05 Dec 2014] Egyptians protest against Mubarak acquittal of murder charges - English

[28 Jan 2015] Egyptians still demanding reforms 4 years after January 25th revolution - English

[28 Jan 2015] Egyptians still demanding reforms 4 years after January 25th revolution - English

[16 March 2015] Egyptians monitor outcome of Arab and US support for Sisi - English

[06 May 2015] Egyptians protest Sisi governmnet - English

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[11 Oct 2012] Egyptians protest camel battle verdict - English

[28 Nov 2012] Egyptians oppose Morsi latest Presidential decree - English

[11 Feb 2013] Egyptians mark Mubarak\\\'s ouster anniversary - English

[10 Mar 2013] Egyptians losing faith in their govt - English

Thousands of Egyptians Participated in a March in support of Jerusalem al-Quds on the Friday following the painful memory of the occupation of East Jerusalem, al-Quds at the hands of the Israeli army. Participants from various political groups including the Muslim Brotherhood and the Jama\'a Islamiya marched following Friday prayers which Prime Minister Hesham Qandil participated in.

Millions of Egyptians have taken to the streets across the country to voice their dismay with the Egyptian president on the first anniversary of his inauguration. Marches and rallies took place in several places in the capital Cairo heading to both Liberation Square and the presidential palace. Press TV\'s Karim Gamal el-Deen reports from Cairo.

As dramatic developments keep on unfolding in Egypt and a new president is sworn in , many in the country and around the world are trying to come to grips with the events of the past week and whether or not the military\'s actions could be regarded as a coup. In Egypt while the overwhelming scene was that of celebrations for what many Egyptians view as the army siding with the people\'s demands. There is another sentiment among Morsi supporters that they have been betrayed by the army\'s actions and call the moves nothing short of an orchestrated military take over.

Egyptians accuse US of trying to destabilize country As the June 30th wave of protests took over Egypt, so did anti-American sentiments. The opponents of ousted President Mohamed Morsi, who took to the streets, saw the Muslim Brotherhood\'s ruling as one backed by the American Government. As the anti-Morsi protests grew bigger, and the army announced that it was removing the president from his position, the carefully-worded American statements regarding the situation in Egypt sounded very cautious. Washington\'s move angered Egyptian protesters from both the anti- and pro-Morsi camps even further. Each camp blamed the U-S of backing the other. Karim Gamal el-Deen, Press TV, Cairo

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[5 Sept 2013] Egyptians put on swift trials - English

[08 Sept 2013] Karachi Muslims march in solidarity with Syrians, Egyptians - English

[11 Oct 2013] Egyptians hold mass rallies against interim govt. in Cairo, Alexandria - English

[07 Mar 2014] Several Egyptians killed in nationwide anti-govt. demos - English