Gehad Al-Haddad, a senior adviser to the Brotherhood’s political wing, the Freedom and Justice Party, was quoted in the American newspaper’s report as indicating that the Muslim Brotherhood had brought in a new printer when the one at the embassy in Kuwait City broke.
“Haddad only indicated that the Brotherhood members in Kuwait had placed a photocopy machine, a computer, and a printer outside the embassy building where Egyptian citizens can make copies for their IDs and passports, while using the printer to print out ballots from the [Egyptian] Supreme Election Committee website,” official spokesman of the Muslim Brotherhood Dr. Mohmoud Ghazlan told Kuwaiti daily Al-Rai.
The Wall Street Journal’s reporter has since confirmed the accuracy of Mr. Haddad’s statement, quoted in his report, despite Ghazlan’s denial.
“What happened isn’t an indication of intervention in the referendum,” the spokesman said, adding that the Muslim Brotherhood members were trying to help “Egyptians who showed up at the embassy without photocopies for their IDs or ballot forms.”
