CAIRO, Egypt. - After last weekend's presidential elections and the massive protests that followed it, the elections commissions announced that it would reveal the winner of the presidential election Sunday.
After the military refused to surrender power to new president, hundreds and thousands of Egyptians gathered at Tahrir Square in support of Mohamad Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, who is thought to be the winner. The situation is very reminiscent of the 2011 protests, which resulted in the coup of president Mubarak.
According to unofficial results Monday and Tuesday, news media including the state news organization MENA announced the victory of Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi in a 58 to 42 percent win against former Mubarak Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq. The celebrations that quickly burgeoned on streets as the news broke out soon died as the military showed signs of refusing to transfer power and disputed the win of Mohamed Morsi.
Before elections took place, the military passed a legislation that gave them constitutional power independent of the government as well as budgetary authority and the power to veto the president's decision of war.
The elections commission claims that the delay in announcement is because the commission is considering appeals from both candidates who claim to be winners.
The run-off presidential elections took place last weekend. It was the first democratic presidential election in over 30 years. The official winner is said to be announced Thursday.
Reports on the health of the ousted president Hosni Mubarak are still ambiguous.
