Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been re-elected for a second term with about 92 percent of the vote, preliminary results showed. Sisis sole challenger Mostafa Mousa admitted his loss, but depicted the initial results an ‘excellent’ for him, noting that the time didn’t serve him since he decided late to run for the presidential elections and thus he didnt launch a huge campaign due to the weak financial potentials. Mousa added that he will congratulate Sisi. Egyptians voted on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Officials results are expected to be announced next Monday (April 2) by the National Election Authority (NEA). Results indicated presidential candidate Abdel Fattah el-Sisi obtained approximately 23 million votes, accounting for 92 percent of total votes. Around 25 million people had voted, out of an electorate of 59 million, according to a source from NEA. Foreign Minister Deputy Hamdi Louza said, Thursday, that Egypt is delighted with the report of COMESA and the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CENSAD) on their observation of the elections, and that it welcomes the sets of recommendations presented by regional and international organizations. Louza pointed out that the report mentioned several factors of the Egyptian experience including decisions that organize the electoral process and procedures taken by the NEA. In their reports, the two missions affirmed that the elections were characterized by credibility and integrity. Adel bin Abdul Rahman al-Asoumi, deputy speaker of the Arab Parliament, said that the electoral process was not marred with any negative remarks from the organizations that were monitoring the election. Yet there were simple negative points that didn’t affect the electoral process, he added.