Egypt revolutionaries await election result in Cairo’s square

Egyptian revolutionaries have remained in Cairo’s Liberation Square for the fifth consecutive day, protesting what they see as a power grab by military rulers.

Protesters are maintaining a vigil in the iconic Tahrir Square on Saturday, where on Friday tens of thousands of protesters gathered to denounce the military council and demand the announcement of the country’s presidential election result.

Egypt’s Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) announced the dissolution of the parliament on June 16 following an earlier Supreme Court ruling, assuming full legislative powers.

The council also gave itself the veto power on a new constitution and the right to arrest civilians for trial in military courts.

The measures, taken before the results of the country’s presidential run-off vote are released, have raised fears that the ruling junta is planning to put its favored candidate at the helm.

This is while both candidates in Egypt’s presidential election have claimed victory.

The Muslim Brotherhood announced that its candidate Mohamed Morsi had won 52 percent of the votes, four percent more than Ahmed Shafiq.

However, Shafiq’s campaign says the claim is false, and that more than half of the voters have chosen the right-hand man of ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak as the next president.

The election commission says it has been considering appeals by the two candidates and the delayed results of Egypt’s presidential run-off will be announced on Sunday.