預計塞西將贏得埃及總統選舉

Egyptians are voting for a second and final day in a presidential election that is expected to bring former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to power.

Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab declared Tuesday a public holiday in a push for more people to go to the polls.

Official results are not due to come out until next week, but Sissi has long been considered the likely winner in a race with leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahi as the only other candidate.

Sissi led the army's ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi last July, setting off protests from Mr. Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood and a violent military crackdown that left more than 1,000 people dead. Many of the Brotherhood's leaders have also been arrested and Sissi says the Islamist group has no future in Egypt.

The Brotherhood urged Egyptians to boycott what the group says is an illegitimate election.埃及總統選舉正在進行第二天、也就是最後一天的投票，預計前陸軍參謀長塞西將當選總統。

埃及總理馬赫拉布星期二宣佈將星期二定於全國假日，以便更多的人蔘加投票。

正式計票結果下星期才能揭曉，但人們廣泛認爲塞西很可能贏得選舉。參加這次總統選舉只有兩名候選人，另一個是左翼政治家薩巴希。

在塞西主導下，埃及軍方去年7月罷黜了穆爾西總統，從而引發穆爾西所屬的穆斯林兄弟會舉行抗議，軍方對抗議者進行暴力鎮壓，造成1千多人死亡。多名穆兄會領導人被逮捕。塞西說，這個伊斯蘭組織在埃及沒有前途。

穆兄會號召埃及民衆抵制選舉，聲稱這次選舉是非法的。