Observers from One World Foundation for Development & Civil Society Care spotted violations in Assiut, including late opening of ballot stations and illegal campaigning outside a station by supporters of Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) candidate Muhammad Mursī.

Also in Assiut, Copts were flocking voting centers to support Shafīq, saying that he is the right man for this stage in Egypt’s current political circumstances. [Usāmah Siddīq and Hamādah Sa’īd, al-Ahrām, May 25, p. 7] Read original text in Arabic