Detail Islamists of Every Stripe to the Fore; Egypt's Election   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 401 no. 8762 (Dec. 2011), page 53. Topik: Politics; Islamism; Elections Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.69 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel If the results of the first batch of Egypt's elections are replicated across the country, the Islamists will emerge as a lot more powerful than most analysts predicted. In a string of villages and cities, including Cairo, Alexandria and Port Said, the Muslim Brothers seem to have scored between 30% and 40%, which would earn them at least 40% of seats in the People's Assembly, the legislature's lower house. Even more strikingly, the Salafists, who espouse a more extreme and puritanical Islamist ideology, have far exceeded expectations, in some places getting a good 20% of the vote. So the combined tally looks set to give assorted Islamists a straight majority of seats in the assembly. A new political dynamic is in the offing. When you hold real elections after six decades of fraudulent ones there are sure to be bumps and surprises. Numerous procedural glitches inevitably marred the first stage of the voting, on November 28th, for a third of the assembly's 498 seats. But in general the ballot seemed free and fair. Final results from two more rounds of voting for the assembly are not expected until mid-January, followed by still more stages of voting for the Shura Council, the upper house. It seems unlikely that the Islamists will lose ground in rural areas where people have yet to cast their vote. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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