Monday, April 2, 2018

Autocrats Giving Each Other the Usual Tongue-Baths

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has won a second, four-year term in office, with more than 97 percent of the vote in last week’s election, according to official results announced Monday by the election commission, which put turnout at 41.05 percent.

El-Sissi faced no serious challenger in the March 26-28 vote, after a string of potentially strong candidates withdrew under pressure or were arrested. His sole opponent, little-known politician Moussa Mustafa Moussa, was a supporter of the president who made no effort to challenge him.
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[Spanky] and [his handler] separately called el-Sissi to congratulate him
Nothing to see here, folks. Move along.

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