Egypt election official out; cites ‘health crisis’
Posted: December 20, 2012 at 3:24 a.m.
One of the top officials in charge of overseeing Egypt’s vote on a contentious Islamist-backed draft constitution resigned Wednesday, citing health problems, a judicial official said, in what critics saw as another blow to the legitimacy of the process.
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