The Egyptian government vowed on Monday to guarantee the integrity of the parliamentary elections slated for 28 November.
“Egypt is capable of monitoring the upcoming polls to prove to the entire world we are able to manage completely impartial elections,” Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif told journalists.
“The poll will be entirely supervised by the High Elections Commission, presided over by judges,” Nazif added. “Government will only provide security.”
Muslim Brotherhood candidates claimed that some political parties have done deals with the National Democratic Party (NDP) to exclude Brotherhood candidates from the elections.
A number of Muslim Brotherhood candidates say the poll will not be impartial and will be rigged, as the Shura Council elections allegedly were.
Observers say the NDP is seeking a sweeping success in the race before the upcoming presidential elections next year, in which President Hosni Mubarak will run for a sixth term.
