Egypt’s Presidential Election Commission (PEC) rejected an appeal by the presidential campaign of candidate Hamdeen Sabahi, who suffered a crushing loss in the poll according to preliminary results of the vote, against violations claimed by it during the poll. The PEC said, according to Al-Ahram’s Arabic news website, the complaints submitted on Friday were investigated and no evidence was found to support them. The complaints haven’t influenced the results of the poll, the commission added.
Sabahi, who suffered a drastic loss in this week’s poll, gaining only 3.5 percent of the vote, admitted he lost the race in a press conference on Thursday.
His contender, El-Sisi, won a landslide victory of over 96 percent of valid votes, with over 23 million voters casting their ballots for him.
Full Article: Elections commission rejects Sabahi’s appeal – Politics – Egypt – Ahram Online.
