A Presidential Elections Commission (PEC) official said giving voter lists to a candidate would be illegal in response to protests following Muslim Brotherhood presidential contender Mohamed Morsy's request for the information.
PEC Secretary General Hatem Bagato, in a phone interview with CBC satellite channel on Tuesday, expressed disappointment over Muslim Brotherhood-organized demonstrations against the commission.
"Some people think they can get by force what they couldn't get by law. Everyone should know that we're not scared by this pressure and that law will be applied to all."
Morsy's backers, along with supporters of former candidate Abdel Moneim Abouel Fotouh, protested Tuesday in front of the commission office in Heliopolis, demanding a copy of the list of registered voters to guard against electoral fraud in this weekend's runoff vote.
The Freedom and Justice Party’s legal committee had filed a lawsuit with an administrative court to compel military council chief Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi and PEC head Farouk Sultan to provide a list of registered voters to prove no ineligible voters are included, such as army and police personnel.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
