Preliminary election results from Egypt’s first-ever competitive presidential election show Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi in the lead in the first round of voting. It is still unclear whom he will face in the runoff scheduled for June 16, but it may be Ahmed Shafik, the last prime minister under ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak. Some Egyptians predicted another revolution would take place if Shafik managed to win the election.

Khaled El-Abbad: “Regardless, the results are not in his [Shafik’s] favor. Even if the military council tries to impose Ahmed Shafik, then the revolution will begin all over again, the 25th of January revolution will begin again. And let me tell you with certainty, that if they announce that Ahmed Shafik is the president of Egypt, Tahrir Square will erupt.”