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Egyptian referendum turnout high

SubscriptionsGo to the Subscriptions Centre to manage your:My ProfileEgypt's top election official declared Wednesday that turnout was high in a national constitutional referendum, but a boycott by a wider than expected range of ultra conservative Islamists raised the prospects of continued polarization.The majority of Egyptians who converged at the polls appeared to support the charter, which was likely to pass in voting Tuesday and Wednesday amid an intense media campaign in its favour and a tight security grip silencing its opponents. The interim government was seeking a high turnout as a mandate for its vision of the country's future.Egypt on edge: key players, flashpoints, developmentsThe constitution is a key piece of a political roadmap toward new elections for a president and a test of public opinion about the [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] coup that removed Islamist President Mohammed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood from power last July. It is a heavily amended version of a constitution written by Morsi's Islamist allies and ratified in December 2012 with some 64 per cent of the vote but with a nationwide turnout of just over 30 per cent.Election workers empty a ballot box on Wednesday, the second of two days of a key referendum on a new constitution, inside a polling station in Cairo, Egypt. (Amr Nabil/Associated Press)In its first test after siding with the military backed government, the lone major ultraconservative voice in [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] support [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] of the new draft charter, the Al Nour Salafi party, appeared unable to bring masses of its followers to the polls. Turnout was very low in Salafi strongholds, especially in villages and small towns.In many of villages near Giza, home to the Pyramids west of Cairo, polling centres saw only a trickle of voters all day long. It was a stark contrast to the December 2012 referendum, when Salafi organizers ferried voters on motorcycles and minibuses to polling stations, where they stood on long lines.Those who did vote this week often faced ridicule.In Om Khanan village, a woman who identified herself as Um Mohammed, her face covered in a veil, said Muslim Brotherhood supporters yelled "You are selling your religion" at her as she headed to vote."Does Shariah and religion endorse killings?" she asked, referring to violence carried out by Muslim extremists over the past several months, including suicide bombings and attacks targeting several security headquarters.Her sister, who asked to be identified as Um Ahmed, interrupted, saying, "They wanted to drag the country into another Syria. But this is Egypt. It will never be this way."The Muslim Brotherhood, which was once the country's best organized political [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] organization, was already boycotting and calling for demonstrations, which never did materialize."The boxes were left between the arms of corruption at night," it said in a statement. "What is happening in a systematic forgery over two days adding to the crimes of the coup."No deaths were reported Wednesday, a day after 11 people were killed, including some in clashes with police. Near the presidential palace, dozens of protesters held a brief demonstration before police dispersed them with tear gas.

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