The Muslim Brotherhood’s presidential candidate, Mohammed Mursi, 60, has urged Egyptians to unite during the run-off elections, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, against any ballot fraud attempt.
The revolution is continuing and “the power will be transferred from the military to an elected civilian authority,” he said, pledging to bring "stability security, justice and prosperity" to his country.
His declared aim is to build a "democratic, civil and modern state" guaranteeing the freedom of religion and the right to peaceful protest.
Mursi said he respected the Supreme Constitutional Court’s ruling enabling his rival in the presidential election, Ahmed Shafiq, to run.
The court rejected on Thursday the so-called political isolation law barring ex-president Hosni Mubarak’s associates from politics and from running for public office.
The court ruled against the law passed by the Islamist-led parliament that sought to bar Ahmed Shafiq, former president Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister, from the vote pitting him against Mursi.
The law was approved in April in a bid to disqualify anyone who served in top government positions in the last decade of Mubarak's rule.
The court also ruled that one-third of the members of parliament was elected in violation of the Constitution and declared their election null and void.
“This ruling does not dissolve parliament,” Mursi said, adding that it only applied to a third of the members of the assembly.
The parliament was elected under a system where two-thirds of MPs acquired their seats “on a party basis” and the remaining one-third were individual candidates. The individual candidates were meant to be "independents" but members of political parties were subsequently allowed to run, giving the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party an advantage. That system was challenged in court.
"The presidency will be an institution," Mursi said. "The Superman era is over."
Mursi is married with four children.
