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Prosecution renews detention of Fotouh for 15 more days

Feb 27 2018
Egypt
Source: 
Egypt Independent

Egypt’s Supreme State Security Prosecution on Tuesday ordered Egyptian former-presidential candidate and head of the Strong Egypt Party Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh be detained for a further 15 days on charges of “leading a terrorist group.”

Egyptian security forces arrested Fotouh on Wednesday February 14 for alleged ties with Egypt’s outlawed Muslim Brotherhood (MB). He was taken away upon his return home from London, where he reportedly gave an interview to Qatari owned Al-Jazeera and criticized state policies and President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi.

Egypt's presidential elections campaigning kicked off Saturday

Feb 24 2018
Egypt
Source: 
Ahram Online

Egypt's presidential elections campaigning started Saturday, one day after the National Elections Authority (NEA) approved incumbent President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and Moussa Mostafa Moussa, head of the Ghad Party, as the final candidates for the March 2018 elections.

Several billboards featuring President El-Sisi were seen in Cairo streets Saturday, the first day of campaigning that is set to continue until 23 March.

"I have not been pressured to run for presidency": Moussa says

Feb 23 2018
Egypt
Source: 
Egypt Independent

Presidential hopeful Moussa Mostafa Moussa announced that he has neither been asked nor pressured into running in the 2018 Egyptian presidential election, saying his political position is public: that he participated in June 30 and stood supporting the country, in addition to helping bring the Muslim Brotherhood down.

During an interview with state-owned Al-Ahram newspaper, Moussa also denied any claims that he received funding to run for president, saying even if he was offered he would refuse funding, as he does not need charity to run in the presidential race.

Egypt's high administrative rejects lawsuit against Moussa's presidential candidacy

Feb 21 2018
Egypt
Source: 
Ahram Online

Egypt’s High Administrative Court on Wednesday rejected a lawsuit filed earlier this month by lawyer Tarek Al-Awadi asking the National Elections Authority (NEA) to reject Ghad Party Chairperson Moussa Mostafa Moussa’s candidacy in the upcoming presidential elections.

The court ruled that El-Awadi is not eligible to file such a lawsuit. Al-Awadi’s suit called for Moussa to be disqualified from the 2018 presidential race, charging that the candidate does not hold a university degree, which is a basic requirement for candidacy in the elections.

Egypt detains ex-presidential candidate Aboul Fotouh

Feb 16 2018
Egypt
Source: 
Al Jazeera

Egyptian police have arrested Abdul Moneim Aboul Fotouh, a leading opposition figure and former presidential candidate, over his alleged ties with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group. State Security Prosecution has ordered his detention for 15 days in prison pending investigations on charges related to leading a terrorist organisation and spreading false news inside and outside the country, according to media reports.

Egypt's NEA extends registration deadline for 2018 election observers till 15 February.

Feb 01 2018
Egypt
Source: 
Ahram Online
Egypt's National Elections Authority (NEA) has extended the final registration deadline for Egyptian and foreign civil society members and NGOs monitoring the country's upcoming presidential elections until Thursday 15 February at 5pm.
 
The registration period was originally scheduled to end on January 26 before the NEA decided to initially extend to Thursday February 1, and then subsequently to Thursday 15 February.
 

Egypt's National Elections Authority publishes initial list of presidential candidates.

Jan 31 2018
Egypt
Source: 
Ahram Online

Egypt's National Election Authority (NEA) published Wednesday an initial list of presidential candidates who have submitted their candidacy documents, along with the numbers of endorsements they received, in the state-owned Al-Ahram and Al-Akhbar newspapers.

 According to a statement published as an ad on the front pages of Al-Ahram and Al-Akhbar, the initial list of presidential candidates are Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and Moussa Mostafa Moussa.

Egypt's Sisi submits his presidential candidacy documents to the NEA.

Jan 24 2018
Egypt
Source: 
Ahram Online

President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi's presidential campaign submitted his presidential candidacy papers to Egypt's National Elections Authority headquarter in Downtown Cairo early Wednesday, Al-Ahram Arabic website reported.

The official spokesperson of El-Sisi's presidential campaign Mohamed Bahaa Abu Shouka presented to the NEA his presidential candidacy papers including public endorsements whether from citizens or from Members of parliaments.

Khaled Ali withdraws from Egyptian presidential race.

Jan 24 2018
Egypt
Source: 
The Guardian.

The Egyptian presidential hopeful and rights lawyer Khaled Ali has quit the race, becoming the latest would-be candidate who either has bowed out or been forced to abandon a challenge to the president, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, before the March election.

Ali, a prominent socialist, had entered the race as a symbol of Egypt’s leftist revolutionary politics, but on Wednesday he told a press conference packed with supporters that “the opportunity for hope in this presidential election has gone”.

Egypt's election authority excludes Anan from voters' database.

Jan 23 2018
Egypt
Source: 
Ahram Online

Egypt's National Election Authority announced late on Tuesday that it had removed the name of ex-military chief Sami Anan from the voters' database, saying he has committed a "grave breach" of the election law by having his name added to the electoral roll while serving as officer on the army's reserve list.

Anan's exclusion came hours after the military said it was investigating him for breaching laws of military service by running for office before ending his service and without seeking the army's permission.

All Egyptian expats can vote in March presidential elections regardless of legal status in host countries.

Jan 22 2018
Egypt
Source: 
Ahram Online

Egypt's Minister of Immigration and Expatriate Affairs Nabila Makram Ebeid said on Monday that Egyptians living abroad will be able to cast their votes in the presidential elections on 16, 17 and 18 March, announcing that all Egyptian expats, including violators of legal status in host countries, will be allowed to vote.

 

Anan enters Egypt's presidential race amid unanswered questions.

Jan 17 2018
Egypt
Source: 
Ahram Online

It is a week since former military chief of staff Sami Anan announced his intention to stand in the presidential election. The news should have qualified as a bombshell: Anan, who until 2012 was the second most senior military figure in Egypt, has a 45-year history of military service, including 16 years in the upper echelons of the Air Force and seven years as army chief of staff. As such he would be a serious rival against President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi who has yet to officially announce he will be a candidate in the March poll.

Former MP Sadat says will not run in the 2018 Egypt presidential elections.

Jan 15 2018
Egypt
Source: 
Ahram Online

Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat, the former MP and head of the human rights committee in the Egyptian parliament, announced in a press conference on Monday that he will not run in the upcoming presidential elections, which are set for March, citing "indicators of the electoral scene not being reassuring".

 

Presidential elections set for March 26-28 in Egypt.

Jan 09 2018
Egypt
Source: 
Egypt Independent.

The National Elections Commission (NEC) called on citizens to cast their votes in the presidential elections starting March 16 for Egyptians abroad for a period of three days, and from March 26 to 28 for citizens residing in Egypt.

The runoff will take place on April 19, 20 and 21 abroad, and on April 22, 23 and 24 in Egypt.

Lashin Ibrahim, Chairman of the NEC, announced that presidential hopefuls can submit their candidacy documents from January 20 to 29 at the commission’s headquarters on Qasr al-Aini Street.

No timetable set for Egypt's presidential elections: National Electoral Commission.

Dec 18 2017
Egypt
Source: 
Ahram Online

Egypt's National Electoral Commission (NEC) said in a statement on Monday that it has not yet set a timetable for the country's upcoming presidential elections, which are scheduled for next year.

The NEC, which was created in August, is an independent authority with sole responsibility for supervising general elections and referendums in Egypt.

The 10-member commission is led by the head of the Court of Cassation.

Emergency state does not adversely affect freedom of candidacy

Nov 04 2017
Egypt
Source: 
Egypt Today

CAIRO – 4 November 2017: Egypt's 2018 Presidential Election Observatory argued that the Parliament’s move to enforce an emergency state across the country is not adversely impacting the freedom of the candidacy. 

In its second report regarding the procedures and environment surrounding the electoral process, the observatory argued that the candidacy process provides fair competitiveness and that there are no complaints reported by any candidates about any possible disruptions. 

Egypt parliament's defence committee recommends President Sisi runs for second four-year term

Oct 09 2017
Egypt
Source: 
Ahram online.

Kamal Amer, head of parliament's defence and national security committee, revealed Monday that members of the committee have prepared a message of "appreciation, confidence and support" to send to Egypt's president Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi.

Amer told reporters that the message calls upon President El-Sisi to contest Egypt's 2018 presidential election.

"Members of the committee want to see President El-Sisi running in this election because this is very important to the country's security and stability," said Amer.

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