Sisi urges high Egypt vote turnout as campaign closes

Presidential frontrunner Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who stepped down as army chief to run for office, urged Egyptians on Friday to vote in large numbers in next week’s election, AFP reported on Friday, May 23rd.
Sisi, lauded by millions for having ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi last July, is expected to trounce his only rival, leftist Hamdeen Sabbahi, in the vote on Monday and Tuesday.
“You went down (to the streets) because Egypt was in danger on June 30,” 2013, Sisi said in an interview to four television channels.
He was referring to Egyptians who poured on to the streets that day in their millions to demand Morsi’s resignation after a turbulent year in power.
“You need to go down now more than any other time in (the country’s) history. Go down, show to the entire world that there are 40, 45 (million) or even more”voters casting their ballots.