a little over 12 months later mohamed mursi was deposed in a military coup. the military secured support, promising to hold parliamentary elections within months, it's taken two years for that to happen. tens of thousands of activists are in gaol and the media dozens of journalists behind bars and the military tightly controlled. several boycotted the vote, saying there's little chance for them to play a role in the politics. >> there's a sense of frustration and cynicism that the parliament will perform a serious role. the feeling is that the president wants a parliament to support him in the decisions that he makes. >> abdul fatah al-sisi faces criticism for cracking down on opponents. this is unlikely to change the face of egyptian policy. they give an agency as to how many is behind the president and the policies. . >> an associate professor of political science at the doha institute of studies, and he says low confidence has affected voters. >> one of the reasons behind this turn out in the first and second phase is that many thing the parliament will no

a little over 12 months later mohamed mursi was deposed in a military coup. the military secured support, promising to hold parliamentary elections within months, it's taken two years for that to happen. tens of thousands of activists are in gaol and the media tightly controlled. several boycotted the vote, saying there's little chance for them to play a role in the politics. >> there's a sense of frustration and cynicism that the parliament will perform a serious role. the feeling is that the president wants a parliament to support him in the decisions that he makes. >> abdul fatah al-sisi faces criticism for cracking down on opponents. this is unlikely to change the face of melissa chan policy. they give an agency as to how many is behind the president and the policies. >>> still to come - brazil faces environmental zasers. toxic sludge from a landslide flows downstream towards the sea. sea. the only way to get better is to challenge yourself, and that's what we're doing at xfinity. we are challenging ourselves to improve every aspect of your experience. an

. >> mohamed mursi, and the freedom and justice party won free election. mohamed mursi was deposed in a military cue. the military secured support. promising to hold elections within months. it's taken two years. tens of thousands are in gaol. dozens behind bars and the military controlled. several have boycotted. >> one of the key reasons and a sense of frustration, and kind of cynicism that this upcoming parliament will perform any serious role. the dominant feeling is that the president wants a parliament. >> abdul fatah al-sisi faced criticism for cracking down on opponents. it's unlikely to change. the level of turn out may give an indication of how many are behind the policies. >>> joins us a political professor. good to have you with us. it seems from pictures and reports, that the turn out has been low. is it voter fatigue. many think that the parliament will not reflect. and there is not much confidence that the elections would need to do something different. there's no competition, given the fact that the main movement, the muslim brotherhood. ma