Shafiq's Campaign to announce 'victory' in a press conference

Sarah El-Rashidi, Tuesday 19 Jun 2012

A Press conference will be held by Shafiq's campaign on Tuesday rejecting reports of Morsi's victory in Egypt's presidential race

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Presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq (Photo: AP)

Ahmed Shafiq's campaign will be holding a press conference shortly to dismiss 'lies' about Morsi winning, confirming their candidate's victory.

"The Egyptian public will know the truth, Shafiq is leading the race not Morsi," said Ahmed Sarhan spokesman of shafiq's campaign. Sarhan later stressed that "no one is president till Thursday."

Shafiq's campaign has claimed their candidate winning with earlier on Monday after all elections violations have been verified from their side. The campaign claims that Shafiq is winning with at least 200,000 votes.

A clashing statement has been made by Morsi's campaign where their tallies for turnout and results indicate Morsi's success.

The presidential runoffs have witnessed a tight competition between Ahmed Shafiq and his rival, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi, while indications so far put Morsi in the lead - 51.85% to 48.10%.

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