CAIRO: Egypt’s political parties made a "grave mistake" by focusing on religion while campaigning ahead of parliamentary elections, said Mazen Hassan, professor of electoral systems at Cairo University.
Developmental issues should have been the focus, he added, namely education, health and the economy.
"There were hardly any debates between these parties regarding their policies to solve Egypt's problems. including poverty, which is more essential than religion," he said.
Results of the first round of parliamentary election will be announced on Friday, instead of Thursday, as originally planned, because the vote count has not been completed in some constituencies, an official told Reuters.
However, preliminary results showed Islamists taking the lead in the first phase of Egypt’s parliamentary elections, with fierce competition between two main coalitions and with the liberal Egyptian Bloc.
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