Egypt heads to polls to choose between Sisi and ‘rival’
Cairo,(MILLAT ONLINE):Egyptians headed to the polls Monday in a presidential election to choose between incumbent
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and a little-known politician who has struggled to make the case he is a
serious contender.
Polling stations opened at 9:00 am (0700 GMT) for the three-day vote, in which Sisi
is all but guaranteed to win a second four-year term.
The president was among the first voters, shown on Egyptian television casting his
ballot at a school in Cairo’s Heliopolis district under tight security.
Security forces were deployed across the country to protect polling booths and
armoured vehicles were stationed at several points around Cairo.
The Islamic State group’s Egyptian affiliate, which has killed hundreds of soldiers
and civilians, has threatened attacks on election infrastructure.