EGYPT: Protesters throw shoes at Egyptian former Mubarak Prime Minister, Ahmed Shafiq. Shafiq, a presidential candidate, was voting at a Cairo polling station

Record ID: 860009

  • Title: EGYPT: Protesters throw shoes at Egyptian former Mubarak Prime Minister, Ahmed Shafiq. Shafiq, a presidential candidate, was voting at a Cairo polling station
  • Date: 24th May 2012
  • Summary: CAIRO (MAY 23, 2012) (REUTERS) CAR CARRYING AHMED SHAFIQ, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, ARRIVES AT FATMA ANAN SCHOOL TO CAST HIS VOTE FOR PRESIDENT SHAFIQ STEPS OUT OF CAR AND ENTERS INTO SCHOOL VARIOUS OF CROWDS OUTSIDE SCHOOL PROTESTING AGAINST SHAFIQ - GATE CLOSES MORE OF PROTEST SHAFIQ ENTERS CLASSROOM WHERE HE WILL CAST HIS VOTE SHAFIQ PLACING VOTE IN BOX SHAFIQ WALKING OUT OF CLASSROOM SHAFIQ GOES OUT THROUGH SCHOOL GATE - CROWDS PROTESTING HOLDING SHOES SHAFIQ WALKING AWAY WHILE PROTESTERS THROW SHOES AND SHOUT HIM DOWN
  • Embargoed: 8th June 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Egypt
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  • Country: Egypt
  • Topics: Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA3023FK5DZ49RTFR9XMA45WD9G
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  • Story Text: Egyptian presidential candidate, Ahmed Shafiq, a long server minister under ousted President Hosni Mubarak faced a barrage of protest as he voted on Wednesday (May 23) at a Cairo polling station.
    He was among 50 million Egyptian voters, who are casting their ballots on Wednesday and Thursday (May 24) to elect a new president following a sometimes messy and protest-ridden transitional period under the rule of army generals.
    Shafiq was facing sanctions over reported election violations, the Egyptian Electoral Commission said earlier in the day.
    The body has submitted details of the alleged violations, which include that he campaigned after the official period of campaigning ended, to judicial scrutiny.
    Despite having microphones thrust in front of him by a scrum of reporters at the polling station, at the Fatma Anan School in Cairo, Shafiq kept his peace.
    As the walked away after he voted, some protesters threw shoes at him, a sign of disrespect in Arab culture.
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