Egypt rights council urges ‘violation count’ as constitution adopted

 

Egypt’s National Council for Human Rights on Tuesday urged the country’s authorities to investigate “violations and irregularities” during the referendum on the constitution, which was passed by 64 percent of voters.

The council has submitted 1,073 complaints to the High Judicial Elections Commission, Egypt’s private al-Masry al-Youm newspaper reported, which include “delayed opening of polling stations, influencing voters inside and outside stations, the early closing of stations, collective voting and impeding observers.”





“We spotted more violations than other observers,” Mohamed al-Damaty, head of the elections support unit said, with the council’s researchers adding that they had issued 50,000 authorizations for organizations and observers to supervise the referendum.

Egypt's electoral commission confirmed on Tuesday that a controversial, Islamist-backed constitution was passed by 64 percent of voters, rejecting opposition allegations of polling fraud.

Those official results tallied with figures given by President Mohamed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood immediately after the last round of polling over the weekend in the two-stage referendum. Turnout, however, was barely 33 percent.

"There is no loser in this referendum result. This constitution will be for all of us," Prime Minister Hisham Qandil said in a statement. He called on "all political forces to cooperate with the government" to restore the economy.

The opposition reiterated its rejection of the result.

"The law will take its course after the official complaints we have made to the prosecution service over violations and fraud that have been noted," National Salvation Front spokesman Khaled Daoud told AFP news agency.

The United States on Tuesday urged all sides in Egypt to increase political engagement after Egyptian officials announced that voters had overwhelmingly approved a new constitution drafted by President Mohammed Mursi’s Islamist allies.
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