Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07CAIRO870
2007-03-27 11:46:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Cairo
Cable title:
NATIONAL REFERENDUM: OFFICIAL RESULTS RELEASED
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C O N F I D E N T I A L CAIRO 000870
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
NSC FOR DORAN AND WATERS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/27/2017
TAGS: PGOV PREL KDEM EG
SUBJECT: NATIONAL REFERENDUM: OFFICIAL RESULTS RELEASED
REF: CAIRO 866
Classified By: Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs
Catherine Hill-Herndon, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L CAIRO 000870
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
NSC FOR DORAN AND WATERS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/27/2017
TAGS: PGOV PREL KDEM EG
SUBJECT: NATIONAL REFERENDUM: OFFICIAL RESULTS RELEASED
REF: CAIRO 866
Classified By: Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs
Catherine Hill-Herndon, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (SBU) On March 27, Minister of Justice Mamdouh Marei, in
his capacity as head of the Egyptian Supreme Elections
Commission, announced the official results of the March 26
national referendum on President Mubarak's constitutional
amendments package. The government results are as follows:
- 27.1 percent voter turnout (9.7 million voters, out of 35.8
million registered voters)
- 75.9 percent voted in favor of the constitutional
amendments (7.1 million)
- 24.1 percent voted against the amendments (2.2 million)
- 9.4 million valid votes, and 252,695 invalid votes
2. (C) Civil society groups that monitored the referendum are
already crying foul at the government figures, considering
them an "overblown exaggeration" of voter turnout (septel
forthcoming on the views of independent monitors and NGO's on
the voting). Per reftel, Embassy observation teams at polls
around the country witnessed nowhere near 27.1 percent voter
turnout.
3. (C) Comment: The Egyptian government is aiming for the
perception of popular acceptance of the amendments package,
but its hollow propaganda effort only further undermines the
GOE's credibility. End comment.
RICCIARDONE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
NSC FOR DORAN AND WATERS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/27/2017
TAGS: PGOV PREL KDEM EG
SUBJECT: NATIONAL REFERENDUM: OFFICIAL RESULTS RELEASED
REF: CAIRO 866
Classified By: Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs
Catherine Hill-Herndon, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (SBU) On March 27, Minister of Justice Mamdouh Marei, in
his capacity as head of the Egyptian Supreme Elections
Commission, announced the official results of the March 26
national referendum on President Mubarak's constitutional
amendments package. The government results are as follows:
- 27.1 percent voter turnout (9.7 million voters, out of 35.8
million registered voters)
- 75.9 percent voted in favor of the constitutional
amendments (7.1 million)
- 24.1 percent voted against the amendments (2.2 million)
- 9.4 million valid votes, and 252,695 invalid votes
2. (C) Civil society groups that monitored the referendum are
already crying foul at the government figures, considering
them an "overblown exaggeration" of voter turnout (septel
forthcoming on the views of independent monitors and NGO's on
the voting). Per reftel, Embassy observation teams at polls
around the country witnessed nowhere near 27.1 percent voter
turnout.
3. (C) Comment: The Egyptian government is aiming for the
perception of popular acceptance of the amendments package,
but its hollow propaganda effort only further undermines the
GOE's credibility. End comment.
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