Egypt Ambassador to Algeria, Izziddine Fahmi to Echorouk: “Moursi, Shafik did not send their observers to Algeria”

The Egyptian community in Algeria showed a large interest in elections, as 50% of the total registered 400 Egyptians voted on the first day, Egypt ambassador to Algeria, Izz al-Din Fahmy said.

The Egyptian ambassador disclosed in phone conversation with Echorouk, that the candidates Mursi and Shafiq did not send observers to assess the electoral process in Algeria, because the number of community does not exceed 6 thousand people; “The Egyptian community is large in the Gulf states in particular, and therefore the interests of the candidates usually go there where they can make difference in polls. The voting began on eight o’clock of Sunday’s morning and so far we have registered a positive participation of voters, so that more than half of those enrolled in elections voted either in person or by mail. “

“Not all Egyptians residing in Algeria have the right to vote. Each according to his situation and the quality of his residence, in addition to that there are many non-registered or not carrying a voting card, and some well-known administrative barriers that prevented their participation.”

Some 586.000 Egyptians living abroad, and who have right to vote on Sunday, gave their voice in the runoff of the presidential elections, through 141 polling commissions in Egyptian missions abroad.

The Minister delegate Amro Rushdi, also spokesman of the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a press statement on Sunday, that Egyptians started voting in the runoff presidential elections in which the two candidates, Dr. Mohamed Moursi and Ahmed Shafik obtained the largest votes in the first round .

According to available information, the highest percentage of the participation of Egyptians abroad, who have the right to vote in Saudi Arabia reached 261.924 voters, followed by Kuwait 119.234 voters? United Arab Emirates 61.427 thousand voters, Qatar 32.836 voters, the United States of America 27.318 voters, and Canada 11.892 voters.