One of Egypt's top politicians, the former prime minister Ahmed Shafik, has pulled out of the country's upcoming presidential election saying it will be fixed in favour of the army chief.
In a leaked recording broadcast by Al Jazeera on Thursday, Shafik described the forthcoming poll as "a comedy show" that no candidate other than Field Marshal Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has a chance of winning.
Sisi, who led the army's removal last year of Mohamed Morsi from the presidency, has yet to announce his candidacy and the interim president, Adly Mansour, has yet to set a date for the election.
