Cairo, June 28: The results of an opinion poll suggest that the majority of Egyptians are opposed to the military’s continued involvement in politics after the presidential election.
According to the poll carried out by Gallup, nearly 58 percent of respondents believed that it was a “bad thing” for Egypt if the military remained involved in politics after the presidential election.
The results indicated that 25 percent supported military’s involvement in politics while 17 percent said they didn’t know.
In reply to a second question on whether they believed the military will hand over power to a civilian government after the presidential election, 73 percent of Egyptians believed that the military will do so.
This is while 12 percent said that it will not hand over power and 15 percent said they didn’t know.
The Gallup poll was carried out on 8-15 April 2012 but the results were released on June 22.
Thousands of Egyptians have kept up their protests at Cairo's Liberation Square to call on the ruling generals of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to relinquish power.
Protests have been going on in Egypt since the junta dissolved the parliament dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood earlier this month. It also took control of the state budget and gave itself veto power on a new constitution, making the President-elect Mohamed Morsi almost powerless through a recent constitutional declaration.
On Monday, Morsi began working on forming a government he says will represent all Egyptians.
On Sunday, after days of delay, the Supreme Presidential Electoral Commission announced Morsi was the winner of the county's presidential runoff.
Morsi picked up 13.2 million votes out of just over 26 million, giving him 51.7 percent of the vote.
