Interest and Intrigue in Egypt’s Parliamentary Elections

Source: Council On Foreign Relations
Author(s): H. A. Hellyer

Original Link: https://www.cfr.org/blog/interest-and-intrigue-egypts-parliamentary-elections

Egyptians voted this week for the eighth time in four years—ten if you count runoffs. The most blatant characteristic this time appears to be rather unedifying: An abundant lack of interest in the formal exercise of the democratic process. Unlike the enthusiasm of the last parliamentary elections in 2011, generalized apathy marked this round of voting. Yet there are some issues of intrigue to be drawn out and looked at further…

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