The World - News from June 11, 1989
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s governing National Democratic Party won a majority in a new governmental advisory body, final returns indicated. The opposition charged fraud. Interior Minister Zaki Badr said on national television that 162 seats were filled in voting that ended Thursday and that runoff elections will be held this week for 10 remaining seats. Under the constitution, Mubarak will appoint an additional 86 members from minority groups and among intellectuals to the Shura Council, a consultative body without binding authority.
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