By Samer al-Atrush
ZAGAZIG, Jun 16, 2012 (AFP) - Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi flashed victory signs as he waited to vote in Egypt's presidential run-off, but he faces an uphill battle against former regime cadres who have placed their hopes in his rival, ex-premier Ahmed Shafiq.
"I'm doing just great," he told AFP. "The revolution continues," he added to jostling supporters inside the polling station.But in the wings, members of Hosni Mubarak's disbanded ruling party work and wait for a catharsis in a Shafiq victory, emboldened by an anti-Islamist backlash.
Egypt's "revolution" -- a popular revolt that overthrew president Hosni Mubarak but left his defence minister in charge -- appears on the verge of ending with a Shafiq victory, even some of Mursi's supporters fear.
Shockingly for the Islamists, who always considered the Nile Delta as their stronghold, Mursi lost the province of Sharqiya, with its capital Zagazig, to Shafiq in the first round of the election last month.
"It was rigged," says Ahmed Shehata, a Brotherhood member of the Islamist-led parliament annulled this week by the country's top court.
via www.zawya.com
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