‘Game over’ for Mursi and Egypt’s Islamist rule, Shafiq tells Al Arabiya

Former presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq said Egypt’s road to stability should include cancelling the current constitution, and installing a new one. (Al Arabiya)

By EMAN EL-SHENAWI AND SHOUNAZ MEKKY AL ARABIYA

It is “game over” for Islamist rule in Egypt, former presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq told Al Arabiya in an exclusive interview on Monday.

“Religious rule is no longer viable in Egypt,” he said. “It’s not even religious rule. What’s happening has no ties with religion. This is a mask.”

Islamist rule will last “two years max” from now, said Shafiq, who narrowly lost to Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi in the country’s first democratic presidential elections last year....
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