VICE PRESIDENT RESIGNS

Hours before polls closed, President Mohammed Morsi’s vice president, Mahmoud Mekki, announced his resignation. The move was in part expected since the new charter would eliminate the vice presidency post. But Mekki hinted that the hurried departure could be linked to Morsi’s policies. “I have realized a while ago that the nature of politics don’t suit my professional genesis as a judge,” his resignation letter, read on state TV, said.