Islamists win 80% of Egypt's upper house of parliament, Obama celebrates
Islamists have won 80% of Egypt's upper house of parliament - even better than they did in the lower house.Islamist parties won more than 80 percent of seats in Egypt's upper house of parliament, the country's election board announced Sunday.And President Obama is so happy, he's singing and dancing.
The Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party took 58 percent of the seats in contention, while the harder-line Salafist Al-Nour party came in second with a quarter of all seats. The nationalist Wafd party came in third with just 7 percent of the vote.
The upper house, or Shura Council, has no legislative powers and fulfills a largely ceremonial function. Two-thirds of its 270 are elected, and the rest filled by government appointment.
Let's go to the videotape.
Oy.... What could go wrong?
Labels: Barack Hussein Obama, Egyptian democracy
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