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Egypt Still Under Turmoil as First Ever Election Begins

 

            Although protestors in Egypt won their longstanding fight against the country's military rule and succeeded in overthrowing their oppressive leader, Hosni Mubarak, the demonstrations continue, and citizens still do not trust the democratic elections that began on November 27th. The first ever elections for Egypt will begin at 8 AM and will determine the members of the lower house. These elections consist of three stages spanning until January. Upper house elections will take place from January until March, and then the presidential election will begin (CNN). .
             Egyptian citizens have waited for this day since the beginning of Mubarak's oppressive rule, but even now the majority of them are unwilling to go to the polls. Mohamed Ali, a protestor that has staked his ground in Cairo's Tahrir Square since before Mubarak's dethroning, feels as though the revolution is still in process. "I have never voted in any election because it was totally corrupted, and it was not called election. It was called forgery. Why.
            


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