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| Egypt Brotherhood candidate registers for presidency | Egypt Brotherhood candidate registers for presidency |
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| The Muslim Brotherhood's candidate for the Egyptian presidency has registered for the election set for late May. | The Muslim Brotherhood's candidate for the Egyptian presidency has registered for the election set for late May. |
| Khairat al-Shater, who announced he was running for the presidency less than a week ago, presented his papers to the electoral commission on Thursday. | |
| The Muslim Brotherhood had previously said it would not field a candidate in the vote. | The Muslim Brotherhood had previously said it would not field a candidate in the vote. |
| The winner will succeed Hosni Mubarak who was deposed after a popular uprising in February 2011. | The winner will succeed Hosni Mubarak who was deposed after a popular uprising in February 2011. |
| The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces that currently runs Egypt is due to handover power to an elected civilian president in June 2012. | The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces that currently runs Egypt is due to handover power to an elected civilian president in June 2012. |
| Mr Shater, a successful businessman, is a senior Brotherhood member and its chief financier. He was jailed several times during the rule of Hosni Mubarak. | Mr Shater, a successful businessman, is a senior Brotherhood member and its chief financier. He was jailed several times during the rule of Hosni Mubarak. |
| Supporters | Supporters |
| Reporting from Cairo, the BBC's Yolande Knell says more than 1,000 supporters of Khairat al-Shater lined the busy main road outside the offices of the Presidential Elections Commission hoping to catch a glimpse of him as he handed in his papers. | Reporting from Cairo, the BBC's Yolande Knell says more than 1,000 supporters of Khairat al-Shater lined the busy main road outside the offices of the Presidential Elections Commission hoping to catch a glimpse of him as he handed in his papers. |
| Some had travelled on buses from far-off governorates. They waved Egyptian flags and carried posters showing their new candidate. "The people want Shater as president," they chanted and: "Oh God make Shater win." | Some had travelled on buses from far-off governorates. They waved Egyptian flags and carried posters showing their new candidate. "The people want Shater as president," they chanted and: "Oh God make Shater win." |
| Supporters seem to have been reading Mr Shater's CV, our correspondent said. They readily listed his qualifications from his educational diplomas to his success as a businessman, IT expert and political thinker. | Supporters seem to have been reading Mr Shater's CV, our correspondent said. They readily listed his qualifications from his educational diplomas to his success as a businessman, IT expert and political thinker. |
| "I think Egypt needs a project for the economy. It's the most important thing right now and he has most experience," a young woman, Fatima Mohammad Ali, said. "I can already see him on the president' chair." | "I think Egypt needs a project for the economy. It's the most important thing right now and he has most experience," a young woman, Fatima Mohammad Ali, said. "I can already see him on the president' chair." |
| Worsening relations | Worsening relations |
| Correspondents say relations between the Brotherhood and the military council have steadily worsened. | Correspondents say relations between the Brotherhood and the military council have steadily worsened. |
| The Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party won more than a third of the votes and nearly half the seats in legislative elections in November. | The Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party won more than a third of the votes and nearly half the seats in legislative elections in November. |
| Mahmoud Hussein, the group's deputy leader, said it had decided to field a candidate following what it sees as "attempts to abort the revolution". | Mahmoud Hussein, the group's deputy leader, said it had decided to field a candidate following what it sees as "attempts to abort the revolution". |
| Brotherhood leaders have complained that the military council has refused to appoint a new government led by the Freedom and Justice Party. | Brotherhood leaders have complained that the military council has refused to appoint a new government led by the Freedom and Justice Party. |
| The deadline for registering for the election closes on Sunday 8 April. | The deadline for registering for the election closes on Sunday 8 April. |
| About 1,000 people are reported to have registered, including Amr Moussa, a former foreign minister and head of the Arab League, and the leading Salafist candidate Hazem Abu Ismail. | About 1,000 people are reported to have registered, including Amr Moussa, a former foreign minister and head of the Arab League, and the leading Salafist candidate Hazem Abu Ismail. |