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Is low voter turnout enough to legitimize Egypt’s al-Sisi?
The head of Egypt’s military-led government, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, is on course for a large presidential victory, according to preliminary election results. But despite the addition of a third polling day, many Egyptians never showed up to the polls. Borzou Daragahi of the Financial Times joins Hari Sreenivasan from Cairo to discuss the turnout and its implications for al-Sisi.