Noticias

Minister: Mosques not to be used in electoral campaigns

01 Mayo 2014
Egipto
Fuente: 
Aswat Masriya

Egypt’s Minister of Endowments said that has given strict orders to all mosque Imams to avoid using mosques as a means of campaigning for any presidential candidate.

The new regulations state that mosques are to avoid politics as well as all that is related to the electoral process, Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa told Aswat Masriya on Thursday.

“Any Imam who does not adhere to these regulations will be severely punished,” said the minister.

Egypt PEC says Sabahi violated campaigning rules

01 Mayo 2014
Egipto
Fuente: 
Aswat Masriya

Egypt's Presidential Election Commission decided on Thursday to notify Hamdeen Sabahi that announcing his electoral program ahead of the official date for the campaigns to kick off is a clear violation, an official statement said.

The commission will consider taking legal actions against Sabahi who announced his vision in a press conference on Wednesday.

Sabahi's campaign legal advisor said that the campaign has not announced the full electoral program yet, which will be announced on Saturday.

After Iraq’s elections

01 Mayo 2014
Egipto
Fuente: 
Al Ahram Weekly Egypt

Many Iraqis viewed this week’s parliamentary elections as their last hope and went to cast their votes even though they were not particularly optimistic. Meanwhile, the violence in the country showed no signs of abating in the days leading up to the elections, with gunmen killing candidates and bombers assaulting election commission offices and campaign gatherings.

Comisión Electoral egipcia acusa a candidato presidencial de infringir la ley

01 Mayo 2014
Egipto
Fuente: 
El Confidencial (Agencia EFE)

La Comisión Electoral de Egipto anunció hoy que estudiará la adopción de medidas judiciales contra el candidato presidencial Hamdin Sabahi por haber infringido la ley, al presentar ayer parte de su programa electoral.

El comité, presidido por Anuar Rashad al Asi, explicó en un comunicado que ha notificado a Sabahi que la rueda de prensa del miércoles "supone una clara infracción a las normas de la campaña electoral".

Elections commission considers punishing Sabahi for early move

30 Abr 2014
Egipto
Fuente: 
Aswat Masriya

Egypt's Presidential Elections Commission plans to convene to discuss the punishment of Hamdeen Sabahi for announcing his electoral program ahead of the official date for the campaigns to kick off on May 2, an official from the commission said.

Sabahi announced his vision in a press conference on Wednesday. 

According to the constitution, candidates who breach the set dates shall be fined anything from EGP 10,000 to 500,000. 

Sabahi and former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi are competing in a presidential election in May.

 

Parties call for inclusion in amending laws to govern parliamentary elections

30 Abr 2014
Egipto
Fuente: 
Daily News Egypt

Political parties criticised the president’s approach in the issuance of laws expected to regulate the coming parliamentary elections.

The Egyptian Social Democratic Party (ESDP) and the Free Egyptians Party (FEP) called on the committee tasked with amending the Political Participation Law to be more inclusive in its activities.

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.

Egypt's Ayman Nour calls for boycott of presidential elections

28 Abr 2014
Egipto
Fuente: 
Middle East Monitor

Founder of the Liberal Ghad Al-Thawra party Ayman Nour launched the "Boycotters" campaign Sunday, calling for boycotting the upcoming presidential elections scheduled for May 26-27 in Egypt.

In a phone call with Al-Sharq television anchor Mohamed Al-Qudousi, Nour said that youth will not take part in this "farcical" elections. He pointed out that Al-Sisi's presidential campaign is "weak" and that his personality is "weaker".

He called on all Egyptians to boycott the vote.

 

Sisi, Sabahi can run for Egypt president: election body

27 Abr 2014
Egipto
Fuente: 
TurkishPress.com

Egypt's presidential election commission on Sunday cleared resigned defense minister Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and former presidential hopeful Hamdeen Sabahi - the only two candidates - to contest the May presidential elections.

"The two have met the candidacy conditions and the commission will not disqualify any of them," commission secretary-general Abdel-Aziz Salman told a press conference in Cairo.

Al-Sisi Urges Large Voter Turnout in Egypt’s Elections While Islamists Call for Boycott

27 Abr 2014
Egipto
Fuente: 
TIME

Egyptian presidential candidate and former army chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi asked Egyptians to vote in "unprecedented numbers for the sake of Egypt" in next month's election, which the ex-general is expected to win, even as Islamists called for a boycott.

Egyptian presidential candidate and former army chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday called for a large turnout in next month’s presidential election even as Islamists called for a boycott.

Al-Sisi asked voters to come to the poll in “unprecedented numbers for the sake of Egypt,” Reuters reports.

Egypt's PEC announces presidential candidates, election details

27 Abr 2014
Egipto
Fuente: 
Ahram Online Egypt

Hamdeen Sabahi and Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi are Egypt's final contenders for the 2014 presidential race, the Presidential Election Commission's (PEC) spokesman Abdel-Aziz Salman said in a press conference on Sunday.

PEC – the judicial body supervising the polls – has examined the documents of both contenders and concluded that both candidates meet the eligibility requirements set by the commission, Salman said.

Egypt's elections will be held on 26 and 27 May.

Egypt’s army claims complete control over Sinai Peninsula

25 Abr 2014
Egipto
Fuente: 
The Daily Star Lebanon

The Egyptian military Thursday said it had gained “complete control over the situation” in the Sinai Peninsula, where Islamist insurgents have been carrying out attacks against security forces for several months.

Violence has spiraled in the Sinai since last July when the army toppled President Mohammad Morsi, prompting militants who had previously focused on attacks against neighboring Israel to turn their attention to Egyptian police and military targets.

El Centro Carter no supervisará los comicios presidenciales en Egipto

24 Abr 2014
Egipto
Fuente: 
La Vanguardia

El Centro Carter anunció hoy que no supervisará los próximos comicios presidenciales en Egipto, aunque sí analizará la legislación electoral en vigor, los preparativos para dichas votaciones y las decisiones de la comisión electoral.

En un comunicado, la organización indica que ha desplegado un equipo de expertos en Egipto para "evaluar las circunstancias que rodean a las próximas elecciones presidenciales, incluido el contexto jurídico y político".

Egipto da la bienvenida al acuerdo de reconciliación palestina

23 Abr 2014
Egipto
Fuente: 
La Vanguardia

Egipto mostró hoy su apoyo al acuerdo de reconciliación palestina al que han llegado el movimiento islamista Hamás, que gobierna la franja de Gaza, y el partido nacionalista Al Fatah, informó el Ministerio egipcio de Asuntos Exteriores.

En un comunicado, el ministro egipcio de Exteriores, Nabil Fahmi, dio la bienvenida al nuevo pacto logrado anoche, que incluye la convocatoria de elecciones en enero y la formación de un gobierno de unidad antes de julio.

 

African Union's PSC rejects monitoring Egypt's elections

22 Abr 2014
Egipto
Fuente: 
Middle East Monitor

The African Union's Peace and Security Council rejected the union's participation in monitoring the upcoming presidential elections in Egypt.

The PSC recommended Monday that the AU does not dispatch observers to the presidential elections scheduled for May 26-27 in Egypt, Anadolu news agency reported.

The PSC explained that the nomination of former Defence Minister Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi violates the charter of the AU, because "he led a coup against a legitimate government and ousted an elected president."

Egypt: Activists to hold referendum on 'roadmap' coinciding with presidential elections

21 Abr 2014
Egipto
Fuente: 
Middle East Monitor

A number of Egyptian activists and movements announced they would hold a referendum on the army-backed roadmap and parallel elections coinciding with the upcoming presidential elections slated for May 26-27.

A former member of Tamarod movement Ghada Mohamed Naguib said that a number of "revolutionary forces" will hold a referendum on the so-called June 30 roadmap announced by Al-Sisi last July 3. She pointed out that "revolutionary movements" do not recognize the upcoming presidential elections, including April 6 Youth Movement, Revolutionary Socialists and others.

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