Clinton says much work ahead in Egypt

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday (June 20) Egypt will still have "a lot of work ahead" after the winner of its election is declared.                           

Speaking in an interview with Charlie Rose on PBS, Clinton said the most important thing needed in Egypt right now is for the military to honor its commitments to "follow through on the democratic process."                          

"Democracy is not about one election, one time....We have very clear expectations about what we are looking to see from whoever is declared the winner.  It has to be an inclusive democratic process, the rights of all Egyptians, women and men, Muslim and Christian, everyone has to be respected, they have to have a stake in the future of the democratic experiment in Egypt."                            
The Egyptian presidential run-off pitted the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsy against Ahmed Shafik, a former air force commander who was Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister. Both claim to have won and have filed appeals against each other.                        

The body overseeing Egypt's presidential election said it would not announce the results on Thursday (June 21) as planned, saying it needed more time to study appeals from the candidates, but did not say when it might be ready, the state news agency reported.    

Reuters