Tension rises on Egypt election delay OFFICIALS have postponed declaring a winner in Egypt's disputed presidential election, sending political tensions soaring. Adding to the confusion are conflicting reports about the health of former president Hosni Mubarak, 84. Last weekend's runoff election has turned into a confrontation between the Islamists of the Muslim Brotherhood and the entrenched elements of Mubarak's old regime, including the military. Thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters along with some secular youth revolutionary groups camped out today in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the birthplace of last year's uprising, and denounced the military, trying to push back against a series of power grabs by the generals last week. The election commission did not say when it would announce the winner of the runoff between the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate, Mohammed Morsi, and Mubarak's former prime minister, Ahmed Shafiq. Both candidates claim they won, and the commission was supposed to declare the winner today. The commission's secretary-general, Hatem Begato, told the state newspaper Al-Ahram the winner would be announced on Saturday or Sunday. The commission said the announcement was postponed because a panel of judges must look into about 400 complaints of voting fraud submitted by both campaigns. Lawyers for Mr Shafiq had said there was fraud in 14 of Egypt's 27 provinces. They said ballots sent to polling centres were already marked for Mr Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate. Mr Morsi's lawyers had accused Mr Shafiq of buying votes and being involved in forging lists of registered voters to include soldiers, who are barred from voting, and names of the dead. Foreign and local election monitors have said the runoff was not marked by enough serious or large-scale irregularities to question its validity. In a series of swift moves last week, the generals cornered for themselves sweeping powers that effectively subordinate the next president and severely limit his capability for independent action. A court order dissolved parliament, which was led by the Brotherhood, and the military issued a constitutional declaration that makes the generals the nation's legislators and gives them control of the budget. They will dominate the security system after reshaping a key National Defence Council to keep it under their control. The generals will also oversee the process of writing Egypt's new constitution. While the Brotherhood and secular revolutionary groups have denounced the military's moves, some Egyptian liberals see the steps as a way to prevent an Islamist takeover, or ensure that its hold on power is difficult and temporary. Adding to the electoral limbo has been murkiness over Mubarak's health. State media said he had suffered a stroke and was on life support. Security officials said he was in a coma but off life support and his heart and other vital organs were functioning.