Egypt’s National Salvation Front to boycott election

Egyptian opposition group National Salvation Front will boycott the upcoming parliamentary elections.

BBC News reports the decision comes days after President Mohammed Morsi announced that the elections would occur over a period of four days.

NSF spokesperson Sameh Ashour says that they came to the decision because of concerns the polls would not be free and fair.

The NSF wants an election law to guarantee fairness at the polls but critics say the law would favour Islamists.

The last election in January 2012 saw the Islamist parties winning with an overwhelming majority.

In June, judges called the previous assembly unconstitutional and dissolved parliament.

Correspondents say the boycott will further divide the Islamists and their liberal and secular opponents.

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STORY WRITTEN BY: AISHA SAMU