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News Mondays - Clément Guntern

As predicted by all the experts, the first round of the Egyptian presidential election was no problem for President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi. His only opponent fared poorly. Another score was not expected, since the president's opponent was none other than one of his close friends, Moussa Mostafa Moussa. All potential rivals to the reappointment of Egypt's president-general had previously ended up in prison or had magically withdrawn themselves. To crown it all, the media are entirely in the general's pocket, and he had no hesitation in expelling one of the last permanent correspondents of Western newspapers in Egypt. As you can see, the ballot could not be held in a democratic atmosphere, and this election will be a poor indicator of Sissi's popularity.