November 28th, 2010 by Evan

In contrast to reports from independent media and civil society organizations, the Egyptian government hailed the elections as “a success” and praised the “high level of transparency” in a statement Sunday. While acknowledging limited violence and fraud, the Minister of Information Anas El-Fekky said that the police and poll staff acted “quickly” and “decisively” to resolve the issues: “the HEC has received reports of serious breaches of the electoral law in a number of districts, and responded decisively by invalidating a number of ballot boxes in those districts. There were also a number of cases where civil society observers and media were unreasonably denied access to polling stations. However, the HEC was able to intervene to allow NGOs and media to observe and cover the balloting process. ”

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