Mubarak heads for new term of office

The Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is heading to win a new term of office in the first multi-candidate presidential elections, the authorities described as historic, while the opposition and other non-governmental organizations said it witnessed vast fraud.

The younger son for the Egyptian president and leader of his election campaign expected an overwhelming victory for his father while preliminary figures said that Mubarak won some 75% after the counting of 60% of the votes, but the elections committee will not publish the results before Tomorrow, Saturday.

The closest rival to Mubarak, chairman of the al-Ghad party Ayman Nour came second at 10%. The rate of participation in the voting is not known yet, though figures in the two cities of Alexandria and al-Esmaeeleyah, east of Cairo, did not exceed 17% and 24% respectively, while Bin Khaldoun Center For Human Rights said that total participation in the elections did not exceed 18%.