Abdel Fatah al-Sisi is elected President of Egypt

Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, new president of Egypt.

The former head of the army Abdel Fatah al Sisi, who leads Egypt in fact since Islamist Mohamed Mursi was deposed 11 months ago, was proclaimed president with 96.9% of the votes, announced this Tuesday the electoral commission.

The marshal, who retired from the army to stand for presidential election of 26, 27 and 28 May, received 23,780,104 votes against the 757,511 of his only rival, the leader of the left Hamdeen Sabbahi.

The Electoral Commission in charge of the Egyptian presidential reported that the election day had a relatively low participation of 47.4% of voters.

Radical movements, especially the Muslim Brotherhood, which are opposed the new president, have already proclaimed the lack of legitimacy of the elections because of the low turnout.