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CAIRO, DECEMBER 25, 2012, SOURCE: AFPTV
- VAR of the press conference given by the national electoral commission
- VAR of people ...
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CAIRO, DECEMBER 25, 2012, SOURCE: AFPTV
- VAR of the press conference given by the national electoral commission
- VAR of people and journalists in the room
SOUNDBITE 1 Samir Abul Maati (man), president of the national electoral commission (Arabic, 8 sec):
“The percentage of people who participated in voting in the referendum is 32.9%."
SOUNDBITE 2 Samir Abul Maati (man), president of the national electoral commission (Arabic, 16 sec):
“The total number of people who voted 'yes' is 10.693.911 (10 million 693 thousand 911), with a percentage of 63.8 %."
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--------------------------------------------------------------AFP TEXT STORY:
Egypt-politics-referendum,newseries
Egypt adopts new constitution as opposition cries foul
CAIRO, Dec 26, 2012 (AFP) - 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
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