Egypt’s Islamists threaten street protests over presidential election chaos

Mr Abu Ismail was excluded because his mother was discovered to have taken out
American citizenship before she died – something confirmed by records from
California, where she lived with her daughter, though denied by Mr Abu
Ismail’s campaign. Election rules ban anyone with dual nationality or whose
parents had other nationalities.

Khairat al-Shater, the millionaire businessman put forward by the Muslim
Brotherhood, who promotes an Islamist agenda combined with free market
economic policies and “stable” relations with America and West,
was ruled out because the requisite six years had not passed since his
release from jail. He spent 12 years in prison under Mr Mubarak on what he
claims were trumped-up charges.

Omar Suleiman, Mr Mubarak’s security chief and latterly vice-president, who
said he was standing to ensure stability and to prevent an Islamist
takeover, was excluded because he did not have sufficient endorsements from
the 15 provinces necessary.

Altogether, 10 of the 23 candidates who put themselves forward were rejected
by the commission. They were given 48 hours to lodge appeals.

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