Results of the expatriate vote showed Former Defense Minister Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi winning with a huge margin of 94.5% over 5.5% for his Nasserist opponent Hamdeen Sabahy, the Supreme Electoral Commission (SEC) announced in a press conference on Wednesday.
Total valid votes were 318,033, of which 296,628 went to Al-Sisi and 17,207 to Sabahy. Meanwhile, 41,98 of the voters casted invalid votes.
European diplomats in Egypt say they are hoping that the decision of the Egyptian government to facilitate a European Union (EU) observer mission monitor the presidential elections scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, 26-27 May, across the nation is an indication of a new inclination on the side of authorities to accommodate some the basics of democracy and political freedoms.
The results of voting by Egyptians overseas in the presidential election -- which took place on 15-19 May -- show that former military chief Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi is surging ahead, taking 95 percent of the 310,000 votes.
The committee tasked with amending the Political Participation Law and the Parliamentary Elections Law finalised the draft of the latter legislation on Wednesday.
Interim President Adly Mansour issued a presidential decree on 14 April creating the said committee to amend the laws in preparation for the coming parliamentary elections. The committee is headed by Mohamed Amin El-Mahdy, Minister of Transitional Justice and House of Representatives.
In a deeply polarized Egypt and a few days before holding the second presidential elections after the January uprising, April 6 youth movement and Strong Egypt Party decided to boycott the elections, rejecting what they described as a "skit to install Sisi as president."
Egyptians are voting between ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahi this May.
Unlike the first presidential elections after the January 25 uprising which brought the Mohamed Mursi to power, the Muslim Brotherhood, which Egypt declared a terrorist organization last year, is boycotting this May's presidential race.
Magdy Karkar, a leader in the National Alliance to Support Legitimacy, which the Muslim Brotherhood co-founded to support Mursi days before his overthrow, has said that the group has not yet planned demonstrations on election days (May 26 and 27).
The presidential campaign for leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahi has spent much less than 100 thousand Egyptian pounds, Madeeha Zaki, campaign director, told Aswat Masriya on Tuesday.
"The funds in the campaign's bank account did not exceed 200 Egypt pounds so far, as the campaign has not received any donations from businessmen," Zaki explained.
In contrast, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's campaign has spent 12 million Egyptian pounds until now, according to Tarek Nour, the campaign's coordinator and chief advisor.
The official campaign for presidential contender Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has spent only 12 million Egyptian pounds so far, Tarek Nour, the campaign's coordinator and chief advisor told Aswat Masriya on Sunday.
Nour said that six million were spent on TV and radio commercials, billboards, posters and printed advertisement and the other six million was spent on conferences.
"Some companies would cut the prices when they know that the advertisement is in favour of Sisi," he explained.
Personal Life and Career
Hamdeen Sabahi was born on July 5, 1954 in a small Nile Delta town in Kafr el-Sheikh governorate called Baltim to a farmer father.
Sabahi is married and has one daughter and one son.
Sabahi studied Mass Communication at Cairo University in 1975. During his college years, the Nasserist politician began his political activism and ran for Student Union elections.
The coalition led by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's won the most seats in Iraq's parliamentary elections last month, boosting his chances for a third term in office, election officials said.
Monday’s results from the election commission showed Maliki's State of Law alliance garnered 92 out of 328 parliamentary seats, with the incumbent himself winning more than 721,000 personal votes.
Both were by far the highest such figures from the April 30 election.
La Unión Europea (UE) anunció hoy que "finalmente" ha recibido la autorización de Egipto para desplegar el material que necesitan sus observadores electorales y aseguró que su intención sigue siendo supervisar los comicios presidenciales del 26 y 27 de mayo en El Cairo y fuera de la capital.
Esta declaración se produce después de que los Veintiocho anunciasen este domingo que su misión tendría que limitarse a la capital por problemas administrativos que impidieron el despliegue a tiempo del material que necesitan los observadores para desempeñar su función.
La Unión Europea (UE) expresó hoy que finalmente mantendrá su misión observación al completo para las elecciones presidenciales egipcias, pese al reciente anuncio de que limitaba su evaluación debido a los obstáculos para desplegar a tiempo a los expertos.
En una rueda de prensa en El Cairo, el jefe de la misión de observadores, el eurodiputado Mario David, explicó que el retraso en el despliegue de unos 30 expertos se debió a problemas "administrativos y burocráticos", pero que esto "no pone en peligro" la validez de la misión.
The European Union (EU) said on Monday it would monitor all of Egypt's presidential election, reversing a decision to scale back its operations after authorities agreed to release a load of impounded equipment.
The bloc had said two days earlier its officials would only be able to watch voting in the capital as vital communications and medical gear was being held up in the airport.
"We are going to be spread all over the country," EU Chief Observer Mario David told reporters on Monday.
Personal Life and Career
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was born on November 19, 1954 in the ancient district of Al-Gamaliya where his father owns a small business.
He is married and has three sons and one daughter.
Sisi graduated from the Egyptian Military Academy in 1977 before taking a General Command and Staff Course at the Egyptian Command and Staff College in 1987.
In 1992, the former army chief took a General Command and Staff Course at the Joint Command and Staff College in the United Kingdom.
Less than two weeks before presidential elections kick off in Egypt, activists on social media are mocking the two competing candidates, former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahi, via hashtags*.
“Every citizen taking a minibus to work should let his fellow citizen sit on his lap. This way the minibus will take [double] the passengers - imagine then how much diesel will be saved,” one user joked.
Personal Life and Career
Hamdeen Sabahi was born on July 5, 1954 in a small Nile Delta town in Kafr el-Sheikh governorate called Baltim to a farmer father.
Sabahi is married and has one daughter and one son.
Sabahi studied Mass Communication at Cairo University in 1975. During his college years, the Nasserist politician began his political activism and ran for Student Union elections.
Preliminary count shows that by 1pm Saturday 170,000 Egyptian expats have voted so far in the presidential elections in embassies across the world, the Egyptian foreign ministry’s official spokesperson said.
When Egypt's military chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced in a television address the overthrow of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, an ultraconservative Salafi party official sat by his side, making an unlikely ally.
On Iraqi social media, charts showing the results of the parliamentary elections that took place on April 30 have gone viral. The results are even being circulated by some news agencies and television channels. The Facebook pages of the members of political blocs and parties that participated in the elections are also rushing to post the results.
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