The Muslim Brotherhood-led National Alliance to Support Legitimacy (NASL) said Egyptian expatriates' voting in the presidential elections is ‘legally null’ after they were allowed to vote without following international voting standards.
In a statement on Tuesday, the alliance said calls for boycotting the vote were successful and that voting in the 2012 elections, which had a participation rate of 44 percent, was much higher than the current elections whose rate did not exceed four percent. It also called for boycotting elections on 25 and 26 May in Egypt.
The statement added that it closely followed the 'null' elections in which eight million Egyptians were allowed to cast ballots without registration in advance. “Less than 300,000 voters cast their ballots, according to their 'fake' numbers, which is less than that of voters in 2012 elections,” it said.
“That’s the progress achieved by Egyptian expatriates in defense of the country’s freedom through boycotting elections, although voting for the bloody presidential elections lasted for four days, compared to two days in 2012 elections. When they considered their defeat, they increased one day for voting,” it said.
The alliance also pointed out to repetition of voting, collective voting, forcing Egyptian workers in the Gulf to vote and other methods that "assured nullification of procedures."
The Brotherhood’s international organization its intentions on Tuesday to appeal results of the presidential elections at international court. It also called for rallying on Friday until 26 and 27 May and besieging Egyptian courts.
Ashraf Badr Eddin, member of the Freedom and Justice Party’s supreme body, said the elections did not have the legal legitimacy to become democratic as the "pro-coup" media channels rumored.
"Large numbers of Egyptian expats did not cast ballots, as they knew there would be manipulation of the results," he told Al-Masry Al-Youm.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
