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Post by Idéfix Tue May 22, 2012 11:37 pm

That's what American politicians like to call every election. But this description applies easily to the election about to begin in Egypt, a year after the revolution. The choices on offer are not particularly encouraging, but the fact that the process is taking place will be a big win for democracy, if the election turns out to be free and fair.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/2012522231820490188.html

Egyptians are all set to elect a president for the first time in a wide open democratic contest that pits religious conservative groups against those who served under deposed president Hosni Mubarak.

Wednesday's contest is a novelty for a nation where elections during the 30-year rule of a man some called "Pharaoh" were thinly attended rigmaroles in which the result was a foregone conclusion.

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It will be the first time that ordinary Egyptians, ruled down the centuries by pharaohs, sultans, kings and military officers, will have a genuine chance to choose their leader.
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