Egypt votes to choose its first independently elected democratic President on Saturday and Sunday after a gap of 30 years. The second and the final round of polls will see Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Mursi pitted against Ahmed Shafiq, the last premier under Mubarak regime. The ruling military council has said that the Presidential election run-off will go ahead as per schedule.

Egypt moves one step ahead on the road to democracy as it votes for a new President on Saturday and Sunday. The Presidential election has been embroiled into controversies with the newly elected parliament banning Mubarak era officials to contest elections. It resolved only yesterday as the Supreme court set aside the law as unconstitutional and allowed Ahmed Shafiq, the last premier under Mubarak regime to run against Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Mursi. The two candidates got maximum percentage of votes in the first round.

Mursi has appealed to the Egyptians to vote out the remnants of Mubarak regime. He has tried to reach out to the revolutionaries, liberals and minority Coptic Christians saying he is in favour of taking all the groups together. However, the liberal, leftist and minority groups have been sceptical of Islamic agenda of Muslim Brotherhood.

But how far it will translate into votes for the other Presidential contender Ahmed Shafiq is a million dollar question who says with his experience he will work for a strong united Egypt.The revolutionary groups ,activists and liberals have alleged the ruling military council of a soft coup to retain the power.